Slowcooker Creamy Chicken & Chorizo Orzo

• total time: 3 hours 21 minutes

Ingredients

Creamy, cozy, and packed with flavor—this slowcooker chicken and chorizo orzo is your next comfort food obsession 🍅🔥

Credit: @boredoflunch

Ingredients (Serves 4-5)

3 x chicken breasts

2 tbsp red pesto

100g cooked chorizo

Handful of Sundried tomatoes 🍅

1 tbsp basil or mixed herbs

4 garlic cloves

100ml of stock + 700ml for pasta

230g of dry orzo

200ml double cream

Handful of spinach or basil

Sweet peppers

Salt and pepper

Directions

Cook the chorizo briefly for 1 min

Add to the slowcooker with chicken, pesto, Sundried tomatoes, garlic, basil, 100ml of stock & salt and pepper

Cook on high for 2-3 hours or low for double that

Add in 230g of dry orzo, 700ml of stock & the peppers. Cook for a further 50 mins

Stir in spinach and cream, top with Parmesan as an option

Follow @mediterranean.diet.plan for more wholesome slowcooker meals!