Sheree's Homemade Cooking Made Easy

This is one of my favorite meals to make especially in the summer months on those hot summer days. This is a one pan meal and is really simple to make. You will need the following ingredients:

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Recipe:

1 – 2 pounds of boneless chicken breast

1/4 cup of flour

1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder

1/4 cup of oil

14.5 oz can of chicken broth

1 cup of water

8 oz of orzo

2 cups of spinach

1/4 cup of onion

2 lemons

5 leaves of fresh basil

salt and pepper to taste

Garnish: Lemon wedges, grated parmesan cheese, and cherry tomatoes

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Trim and slice the chicken breast into thin cutlets. Salt and pepper them to your taste on both sides.

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Add the flour and garlic powder to a plate and mix well.

Preheat a large skillet to medium high heat.

Place the thin chicken cutlets into the flour and coat all sides.

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Add the oil to the pan. When the oil gets hot add the chicken cutlets and cook for 8 – 10 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Cook time will depend on the thickness of your chicken cutlets.

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While the chicken is cooking, wash and zest the lemon, wash the spinach and dice the onion up.

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When the chicken is cooked through and golden brown, place it onto a plate. Drain the oil from the skillet and add the chicken broth, onions and water and bring to a boil.

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Place the orzo in the skillet and stir and cover and cook gently for 8 – 10 minutes or until the orzo is cooked through.

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Add the spinach, lemon zest, the juice from one lemon, salt, pepper and chicken into the skillet.

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Heat until the spinach has wilted. Enjoy!

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Note: You can use any pasta you like and if you don’t like onions or spinach just leave them out.

We like to serve this with a slice of lemon on the side.