Chicken Orzo Soup with fennel.
If you've never had it, it is the best chicken soup by far and a healer soup. Look it up and make it. But, make sure you google with fennel or you get a bunch of not the right soup choices. Or just read below.
couple chicken breasts (we use rotisserie)
3/4 cup orzo
couple sliced carrots
fennel bulb chopped finely (1 if large, 2 if small)
lemon zest (2 lemons. you could sub dried zest or lemon pepper but not sure how much. 1-2 tsp?? )
juice of 1-1/2 to 2 lemons to taste
2 64 oz chicken stocks
fresh dill
salt and pepper to taste
dump the stock, carrots, fennel, salt, pepper and boil on medium till fennel is about half done. add shredded chicken, lemon zest, orzo and soft boil till orzo is done. Stir frequently as orzo will sink and stick to bottom. Add lemon juice and dill and sit about 5 minutes. I normally add up to a cup of water to left overs before frigerating, as orzo will continue to soak up liquid.
Good stuff.