This is a lovely summery dish, tangy from the lemons, and pretty healthy. You can swap the orzo for rice if you can’t find it, or you can just make the bake with vegetables.

Ingredients

½ chicken chopped, skin removed

1 onion diced

1 celery diced

2 carrots diced

2 garlic grated

1” ginger skin removed and grated

2 rosemary chopped

2 rosemary whole

2 lemons in wedges

1 heap tsp paprika

2 bay leaves

1 cinnamon stick

honey

salt and pepper to taste

1 pint chicken stock

olive oil for frying

1 Tbsp. butter

1 cup orzo pasta

60g kale (optional)

Method

Heat oil and brown the chicken, in bathes if needed. Remove and set aside.

Add a tablespoon butter the onions, celery and cook gently until soft. Add the carrot, garlic ginger, bay leaves and chopped rosemary. Cook for 3 minutes more.

Add the lemon, the rosemary sprigs, the cinnamon stock and then the chicken back to the pan.

Sprinkle the paprika over and mix well.

Pour in the stock and honey. Cover and pop into the oven for 30 minutes.

Uncover and sprinkle over the orzo, make sure there is still lots of liquid in the pan, if not add a little more water.

Cook for a further 8-10 minutes then add the kale, stir and cook for 5 minutes more.

Serve.

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