Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup: Healthy and Budget-Friendly!

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup (Extra-Lemony)! Warm-your-belly lemon chicken orzo soup with wholesome ingredients like veggies, orzo and spices. This chicken soup will feed a crowd, but is also great for meal prepping!

INGREDIENTS:
🔹 Extra virgin olive oil (I used Early Harvest Greek EVOO)
🔹 1 yellow onion, chopped
🔹 2 celery sticks, chopped
🔹 2 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
🔹 3 garlic cloves, minced
🔹 Kosher salt and black pepper
🔹 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast (2 breast halves)
🔹 4 cups chicken stock
🔹 2 cups water
🔹 2 teaspoons dried oregano
🔹 ½ teaspoon turmeric
🔹 ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes or 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper
🔹 ¾ cup uncooked orzo pasta
🔹 1 cup frozen peas
🔹 2 lemons, zested and juiced
🔹 2 green onions, trimmed and chopped (whites and green parts)
🔹 ½ cup chopped fresh parsley

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00​​ Intro
0:15​ Cooking the vegetables
0:39 Adding in the chicken and stock
0:52 Flavor-makers!
1:09​ Cooking the chicken
1:22 Removing the chicken
1:29​ Adding the orzo
1:48​ Shredding the chicken
2:18​ Finishing touches
2:59 Taste test

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[zumbagoldy]

OMG This is good! My husband made this soup for dinner tonight and for starters the house smelled wonderful! He only made two extremely minor changes, the first was that he used boneless skinless thighs as that's what we had available and the second thing was, he diced the chicken and sauteed it because boiling it did not appeal to him but other than that he followed the recipe exactly. While eating it he proclaimed "It's a keeper"! So delicious and the lemon juice really adds a lot of flavor. Thank you Suzy for another winner!

[lemonygood]

To die for soup! Added, 2 cubes of ginger and subbed half a can of green beans for peas. Light, yet filling, healthy and flavorful. Could eat it everyday! Thanks for the recipe!

[finelooseleaftea]

Made this soup as a test run to see if it's good enough to serve company for a Christmas Eve lunch. It's amazing and I will proudly serve it along with homemade focaccia bread. For dessert, I will serve my guests your Orange Cardamom Olive Oil cake which we also took for a test run with absolute delight. Also, I just made your red lentil soup for lunch today. It reminds me very much of the bright and lemony lentil soup I remember from my visit to Egypt decades ago. I love that your website gives the nutritional info for recipes as well. I have made so many of your recipes -- too numerous to name here. Every single one of them a winner. Thank you so much for everything!

[sylvitagz]

I have been making soups for eons. THIS SOUP IS A GAME CHANGER. I used boneless, skinless thighs and tons of sunac. It shot to the TOP of my soup recipe rotation. Thank you, Amazeballs🎉😂❤ *update: skipping the green peas next time. Will add chickpeas

[siciliangypsy]

I love your recipes as they are short and to the point. Of course delicious!❤

[paorios]

This is on repeat at my house. So simple yet packed with flavor which made me buy the cookbook!

[diananguyen]

Thank you so much for sharing this soup recipe ❤

[phyllisschaffer]

Making this delicious soup again now for dinner tonight... it is good!

[chrisbrennan]

Perfect timing as the weather is getting colder. That looks so delicious.

[samantharosario]

No cause I made this and it was my favorite soup by I added a lil less lemon juice but wow wow wow!!

[GladisTamras]

This is awesome thank you so much. You are amazing

[sylvitagz]

Honestly, I've made this so many times now, I can't keep track. 🤣 AND IT'S NOT EVEN SOUP SEASON YET. I confess, I'm making it right now. 🎉 Ty, Suzy!!! ❤

[vane]

Just tried this… it was super good and a nice change from your traditional chicken soup. I think next time I’ll use just one lemon. And I’ll make sure to have some bread on the side to dip in the broth 🤤

[phyllisschaffer]

Just finished making this soup for dinner and it is delicious! Definitely a keeper, and next time will add some parsnips. Thank you for sharing! Going to check out your other recipes!

[Mr_and_Mrs_Seiler]

Made this with a few changes. 😊1)I used pre sliced long thick carrot strips to dice into bite size bites. 2)No red pepper flakes not a fan of spicy. 3)For seasonings I added 1 TSP of Italian seasoning & dry Thyme leaves & 1 Teaspoon of dry rosemary leaves. 4)I used Pink Himalayan salt. 5)Used one lemon, used it’s zest just a pinch & about 3-4 tsps of its juice to taste as my husband & I can’t have too much acidity. I loved this change up with Orzo & how turmeric is used, we devoured this soup! I did use chicken breast’s about 3 small/medium slices but I pounded them to even them out. This soup will be on repeat!😊

[griseldagaribay]

Wonderful recipe! I made this quick. I love it! Thank you!

[jobond]

I love your blue soup bowel. Just beautiful

[muhammadmuslemeen]

Love from PAKISTAN.. Thanks for DUKKA receipe.
I spent many years in middle East. I like Arabic and Mediterranean foods. Thanks once again

[nansfam]

Oh, I am so making this. Looks amazing!!

[MzSashaLaRue]

Suzy!!!! I just made this beautiful soup!!! It’s cold here in Philadelphia 29 today. Perfect for this soup. Instead of peas i used some Dino kale. Omg that lemon was perfect!! Awesomeness in a bowl.