Chicken in a pot with lemon and orzo - Penguin Books New Zealand

Name: Chicken in a pot with lemon and orzo - Penguin Books New Zealand
Ingredients: 1 chicken (approx. 1.5kg); 3 fat cloves of garlic; 2 medium carrots (approx. 300g); 2 medium leeks (approx. 400g trimmed weight, or approx. 600g if you’re buying them untrimmed); 1 x 15ml tablespoon olive oil; 2 lemons; 2 teaspoons dried tarragon (or dried thyme); 2 teaspoons sea salt flakes (or 1 teaspoon fine sea salt); 1⁄2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes; 1.5 litres cold water; 300g orzo pasta; 6 x 15ml tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley, plus more to serve; Freshly grated Parmesan, to serve

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This is not exactly the same as perhaps the most precious recipe in my repertoire, My Mother’s Praised Chicken, which found a home in my eighth book, Kitchen

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Ingredients

1 chicken (approx. 1.5kg)
3 fat cloves of garlic
2 medium carrots (approx. 300g)
2 medium leeks (approx. 400g trimmed weight, or approx. 600g if you’re buying them untrimmed)
1 x 15ml tablespoon olive oil
2 lemons
2 teaspoons dried tarragon (or dried thyme)
2 teaspoons sea salt flakes (or 1 teaspoon fine sea salt)
1⁄2 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
1.5 litres cold water
300g orzo pasta
6 x 15ml tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley, plus more to serve
Freshly grated Parmesan, to serve