chicken kokkinisto with orzo

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 chicken legs, rinsed and patted dry
• 4 cloves garlic, pressed
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 15 fluid ounces water
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 (16 ounce) package uncooked orzo pasta

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• warm the oil in a large, wide pot over medium heat. cook the onion in the hot oil until tender, 5 to 7 minutes. brown the chicken legs in the pot on all sides. add the garlic; cook and stir for about 1 minute. pour the tomato sauce and water over the chicken. drop the bay leaves into the pot. season with cloves, salt, and pepper. lower the heat to medium-how; allow the mixture to simmer until the chicken meat is very tender and begins to pull off the bone, about 45 minutes.
• stir the orzo into the liquid in the pot and cook until the orzo is soft, another 15 to 25 minutes. remove the bay leaves to serve.