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Chicken Orzo Soup.

Now, you can boil Chicken Orzo Soup using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Orzo Soup

1. It's 10 of skinless chicken thighs.
2. You need 8 cups of water.
3. You need 1 of whole peeled onion.
4. It's 1 of onion diced.
5. It's 3 of bay leaves.
6. Prepare 1 bunch of celery sliced.
7. Prepare 2 lb of peeled and sliced carrots.
8. You need 1 (14.4 oz) of can diced tomato.
9. It's 1/2 lb of orzo pasta.
10. It's 1/2 cup of parsley.
11. You need 1 1/2 tsp of season salt.
12. It's to taste of pepper.
13. Prepare to taste of hot pepper flakes.

Chicken Orzo Soup step by step

1. In a large stockpot, add in chicken thighs, bay leaves, whole onion, and water. (Water should be about 1 inch above the chicken thighs. We think its about 8 cups.) Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 25 minutes. Put out the chicken and whole onion and set aside..
2. Add in carrots, celery, onion and tomato. Cook for 10 minutes. Shred chicken while vegetables are cooking..
3. Add in orzo pasta and parsley cook for 15 minutes or until al dente. Shred chicken while pasta is cooking is not done yet..
4. Add in shredded chicken season salt, pepper and hot pepper flakes if desired..