I’ve been wanting to share this for ages! I’m bursting at the seams with recipe ideas, and it takes considerable constraint not to post a recipe every single day. 🙂 But for this one in particular, I wanted to wait until I had a handle on shooting cooking videos before I shared it. This method of starting a dish on the stove, the finishing it in the oven is a favourite of mine. I love coming up with twists on ways to make meals in one pot that don’t compromise on the recipe. Like my One Pan Rotisserie Chicken on Potato Gratin, One Pan Chicken with Creamy Garlic Parmesan Risotto and One Pot Greek Chicken with Lemon Rice which is one of the most popular recipes here on RecipeTin Eats. So I waited. And waited. Until I was happy that my videos were decent enough to publish. 🙂 And here it is!
I call this Greek because it’s loaded with classic Greek flavours, with plenty of garlic, dried oregano and lemon. And tomato. 🙂 But it probably isn’t authentically Greek. But it tastes Greek, that’s for sure! Irrespective of name, I don’t think anyone (save for picky kids!) would be unhappy if a steaming plate of this was placed in front of them, hmmm???
Other than the sheer convenience of being a one-pot meal, it’s also great because you can sub the veggies with whatever you’ve got on hand. And you can even make this meat-free by leaving out the chicken. And make it completely vegetarian by swapping out the chicken broth/stock with vegetable broth. Hands up who has veggos to cater to in their lives? Me, me, me!! Here’s a nice close up for you. Check out all those yummy flavours going on! This is deceptively loaded with veggies. 2 zucchinis, an onion, capsicum/bell pepper and cherry tomatoes. And only one cup of orzo/risoni. Quite surprising how far 1 cup goes when filled out with veggies!
You know, come to think of it, you could even just used mixed frozen veggies for this and save yourself all the chopping. That would be perfect! One pan. Yummy tomato sauce. Lots of veggies. Greek flavours. Midweek meals made extra delicious! – Nagi x PS The Ingredients list in the recipe below looks deceptively long. But actually, there are quite a few double ups because of the way I write the recipe. So don’t be put off! 😉
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