One-pot chicken orzo bake
Save precious training time by dishing up this nourishing one-pot meal, ideal for the busy triathlete…
A delicious ‘puttanesca-style’ chicken orzo bake. Orzo may look like rice, but it’s actually pasta in the shape of large rice grains.
It works really well in soups and stews, and even as an alternative to rice in a risotto. This delicious balance of carbs, protein and healthy fats is also packed with minerals.
Perfect to replenish depleted energy and electrolyte levels after a tough day on the bike.
3 ways with orzo
Get fishy
Swap the chicken for cod steaks; just brown the cod in step 2 and set aside, adding it back to the pan in step 4.
Add beetroot
Finely slice an onion and garlic and saute until soft; stir in a pack of beetroot, orzo, vegetable stock. Season and bake for 20 mins until the orzo is cooked.
Go veggie
Swap the chicken for mozzarella cheese – arrange slices over the one pot at stage 4 and cook until the orzo is cooked and the mozzarella is melted.
Kate Percy
Sports nutrition cook and author 
