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Chicken-Orzo Soup

Silky, lemony chicken soup with orzo

Ingredients

• 1½ tbsp butter
• A drizzle of oil
• 2 heaped tbsp flour
• 6 cups strained homemade chicken broth
• about 1½ cups shredded chicken
• about ⅓ cups dry orzo (about 5 tbsp)
• juice of 1 lemon
• Salt and black pepper

Method

1. Melt 1½ tbsp butter in a pot with a drizzle of oil.
2. Add 2 heaped tbsp flour and sauté, stirring, until toasty and the raw-flour smell is gone.
3. Add the shredded chicken now (or later, with the orzo).
4. Slowly pour in 6 cups strained homemade chicken broth, stirring, until smooth and lump-free.
5. Bring to a boil and add about ⅓ cups dry orzo.
6. Squeeze in juice of 1 lemon while it cooks.
7. Simmer about 15 minutes, until the orzo is tender.
8. Season with salt and black pepper, and serve promptly.

Notes

• Serve right away — the orzo keeps drinking up the broth as it sits.
• Go easy on the orzo; it swells a lot more than it looks dry.

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