Baked Chicken Orzo (with Boursin)

This incredibly simple baked chicken orzo is loaded with flavor from Boursin cheese, chicken (pre-cooked or rotisserie), orzo pasta, cherry tomatoes, and spinach. It’s a dump-and-bake, one-pan recipe with no chopping + no pre-cooking, and just 30-minutes of cook time!

Weeknight Simplified with Boursin Chicken Orzo Pasta

I knew I hit gold when I first made this orzo with chicken recipe, and my daughter immediately asked me to make it again, which (between you and me) doesn’t happen very often. So what makes this healthy casserole work so well? For starters, the soft + tangy Boursin cheese already has seasonings and herbs, so just like in my creamy salmon bake and cozy sausage butternut bake, it adds sooo much extra flavor without extra work. Plus there’s juuust the right amount of liquid so the orzo pasta is tender and chewy, not mushy or stuck together.

And to keep things super easy, you can use rotisserie chicken or my slow cooker shredded chicken – either work really well. As an added bonus for using pre-cooked chicken, you don’t have to worry about the meat and pasta cooking at different times. Seriously, this baked chicken orzo truly is a one-pan meal since it has the chicken, pasta, and veggies all in one, as makes life so much simpler – especially when it’s family- and kid-approved!

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Creamy Baked Orzo, Every Time

• Give it a Stir: Stir everything before adding the cheese to ensure your orzo doesn’t burn on the bottom. And after you uncover and stir everything again, if the orzo is sticking to the pan, just give it a hefty stir to get it unstuck.
• Boursin: Just plop the Boursin cheese in the middle of your baking dish and nestle it down – no need to stir it into the dish.

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Baked Chicken Orzo (with Boursin!)

Developed and tested by Robyn Conley Downs

Servings: 5 servings

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 30 minutes mins

Total: 35 minutes mins

This incredibly simple baked chicken orzo is loaded with flavor from Boursin cheese, chicken (pre-cooked or rotisserie), orzo pasta, cherry tomatoes, and spinach. It's a dump-and-bake, one-pan recipe with no chopping + no pre-cooking, and just 30-minutes of cook time.

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Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked shredded chicken, such as from a rotisserie chicken
• 1 ½ cups orzo pasta
• 3 cups low-sodium chicken stock
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 5.3 ounces of Boursin cheese
• 1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes
• 2 cups baby spinach

Equipment

• Baking Dish

Instructions 

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Coat a 9×13 ceramic baking dish with cooking spray. Add the chicken, orzo, chicken stock, salt, and pepper, stirring until well combined. Nestle the Boursin cheese into the middle of the dish and sprinkle the cherry tomatoes evenly over the top. Do not stir.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Add the spinach, and stir until everything is well combined. Bake for an additional 5-10 minutes, or until the orzo is completely cooked through.

Notes

• Oven Temp: Make sure your oven really is at 425°F, so your casserole cooks in just 30 minutes.
• Check for Doneness: Give the orzo a little test-taste at 30 minutes, and pop it back in the oven for 5 minutes if it’s not as chewy as you like.

Course: dinner

Cuisine: American, French

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 1 (of 5), Calories: 464kcal, Carbohydrates: 39g, Protein: 38g, Fat: 17g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 102mg, Sodium: 425mg, Potassium: 603mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 4g, Vitamin A: 1673IU, Vitamin C: 14mg, Calcium: 66mg, Iron: 2mg

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