Lemony Chicken Orzo Soup

Sunday Soup Day! Or Any Day of the Week is Soup Day (for Me)!  This is a Software Update for Your Palate. Sleep In and Then Whip This up in a Nano Minute. Trust Me!

I made this for my nephew a few weeks ago when he was recovering from a summer case of pneumonia…cured his ills…may cure yours too!

Soup Summer Lemon Chicken Rice Soup II
1 Tbs olive oil
2 leeks, white and pale green parts, rinsed, halved lengthwise, and sliced crosswise into 1/2 inch slices
4 celery stalks, sliced crosswise
6 cups chicken broth
3/4 cup uncooked orzo
1/2 t kosher salt
1/2 t ground pepper
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 3 lemons
Breast meat of rotisserie chicken, chopped
1/2 cup fresh chopped dill

Heat oil in skillet over medium heat.
Add leeks and celery, and sauté 5 to 6 minutes, until tender.
Bring broth to a boil over medium high heat in large soup pot.
Add orzo and cook 2 minutes less than package directions.
Remove pot from heat.
Stir in cooked onion and celery, salt, pepper, lemon zest, lemon juice, chicken, and dill.
Cover pot and allow to stand 10 minutes.

Serve with lemon slice as garnish.

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