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Slow Cooker Greek Chicken and Orzo

May 30, 2021 by Lucy Parissi 1 Comment

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Delicious Greek Chicken and Orzo in your slow cooker! Such an easy one-pot chicken recipe with punchy flavour from tomatoes, roasted peppers and olives. Slimming World friendly and family approved!  

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Greek chicken and orzo pasta on a blue platter

Winner, winner, chicken dinner! This Greek Chicken and Orzo bake is one of my favourite one-pan recipes, taking inspiration from Giouvetsi and Kokkinisto.

Skinless chicken breasts or thighs cooked in a rich tomato sauce with roasted peppers, olives with orzo pasta soaking up all the yumminess! 

Add plenty of feta cheese or grated Parmesan or Kefalograviera for authenticity if you can find and you have a hearty, healthy family meal. 

Close up on Greek orzo and chicken with olives

What is orzo?

Orzo (Kritharaki in Greece) means barley in Italian. It is a type of small pasta that is shaped like a large grain of rice. I love using orzo in salads like my Greek Orzo Pasta Salad, soups or as a side for stews.

You can boil orzo in salted water as all pasta but it’s perfect for adding to one-pot dishes where it cooks in the sauce, absorbing the flavours of the dish.

You can replace orzo with pearl couscous (Israeli couscous) or other small pasta shapes if you like. You can also leave the orzo out and serve the chicken over rice, cauliflower rice or mashed potatoes.

Slow Cooker Greek Chicken

Full measurements and instructions can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of the page. Please take a look at the steps and video before attempting this recipe!

Heat the olive oil in a pan or directly your slow cooker if it allows for searing. Add the chopped onions and cook, stirring, over low heat until softened. Add the garlic, salt, sugar, cinnamon and crumbled stock cube. 

Cooking onions in a slow cooker

Stir in the minced garlic, tomato paste, bay leaves, chopped tomatoes, diced peppers, chicken and olives. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours (or on Low for 6).

chicken, tomatoes, peppers and olives in a slow cooker

Stir in the orzo and water and cook for a furter 20-30 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked to your liking. Remove the pot from the slow cooker (otherwise the pasta will continue to cook).

Slow Cooker Greek Chicken orzo

Discard the bay leaves, taste and season. Garnish with chopped oregano or basil leaves and top with feta or grated Parmesan. Leftovers will keep for up to three days in the fridge. Reheat in a saucepan, adding a little water if needed.

Chicken cooked with orzo and tomato sauce

SLIMMING WORLD CHICKEN ORZO

This recipe is slimming friendly – actually SYN FREE! – provided you use cooking spray instead of olive oil. Olives are high in syns so feel free to leave out or replace with capers for that touch of salty yumminess.

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Greek chicken and orzo pasta on a blue platter

Slow Cooker Greek Chicken

Lucy Parissi | Supergolden Bakes
Delicious Greek Chicken and Orzo in your slow cooker! Such an easy one-pot chicken recipe with punchy flavour from tomatoes, roasted peppers and olives. Slimming friendly and family approved!
4 from 1 vote
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Course: Main
Cuisine: Greek
Keyword: Greek Chicken Orzo, Slow Cooker Greek Chicken
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 3 hours hours 20 minutes minutes
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Total Time: 3 hours hours 30 minutes minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 399kcal
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Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp olive oil or cooking spray
  • 1 large yellow onion , finely diced
  • 1 chicken stock cube , crumbled
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp brown sugar or Sukrin Gold sweetener
  • ¼ tsp ground black pepper
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 400 g (14oz) canned chopped tomatoes
  • 250 g (1 cup) fire roasted peppers , diced
  • 8 skinless chicken thighs or 3 large chicken breasts, diced
  • 10 Greek Kalamata olives (whole or diced)
  • 210 g (1 cup) orzo
  • 250 ml (1 cup) freshly boiled water
  • Feta or grated Parmesan cheese to serve
  • Basil or oregano leaves , to garnish

Instructions

  • Heat the olive oil in a pan or directly your slow cooker if it allows for searing. Add the chopped onions and cook, stirring, over low heat until softened.
  • Add the garlic, salt, sugar, cinnamon and crumbled stock cube.
  • Stir in the minced garlic, tomato paste, bay leaves, chopped tomatoes, diced peppers, chicken and olives. Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 hours (or on Low for 6).
  • Stir in the orzo and water and cook for a further 20-30 minutes, or until the pasta is cooked to your liking. Remove the pot from the slow cooker (otherwise the pasta will continue to cook).
  • Discard the bay leaves, taste and season. Garnish with chopped oregano or basil leaves and top with feta or grated Parmesan.

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Nutritional Info

Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 143mg | Sodium: 930mg | Potassium: 755mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1530IU | Vitamin C: 62mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 3mg
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  1. Lulu says

    June 20, 2023 at 4:30 pm

    Delicious

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