Sesame Orzo With Charred Onions

Submitted by Charmie777

"This recipe came from Gourmet Magazine. It's a delicious, light side dish. Great with barbecues!!"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 29.58 ml sesame seeds
• 354.88 ml orzo pasta
• 14.79 ml sesame oil
• 2 bunch scallions (green onions)
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. In a dry skillet toast sesame seeds until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Transfer to bowl.
2. Boil orzo in boiling, salted water until al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water. Add to sesame seeds.
3. Slice scallions on diagonal into 1 inch pieces.
4. Heat oil in non-stick skillet over high heat until hot but not smoking and saute scallions, stirring occasionally, until lightly charred and tender, about 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Stir scallion mixture into orzo and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Reviews

[CarrolJ]

A very different and unusual dish! I found it very tasty. I am serving it as a side dish to a nice piece of braised steak. Combining an Asian side with a different kind of a meat dish. It is a nice compliment to the steak.

 

[Ma Field]

Great base recipe and I'll definitely be making it again. I think it needed more onions and some spices. I agree it is great for grilling, the charred onions are supper good! Made for ZWT6 by a fellow Looney Spoon.

 

[Leslie]

We loved this! Simple and easy to put together, this dish was enjoyed by my whole family. I love the sesame flavour along with the charred green onion. Delicious! Made for ZWT 6 :)

 

[Jules127]

We really enjoyed this with Recipe #135753. It was a welcome change from rice and I loved the charred scallions.

 

[dicentra]

I made this last night to serve with Korean beef. YUM! I only made 1/2 a recipe b/c DH wasn't going to make it home in time for dinner, but I'll be making this one again. Easy and tasty! I'm having the leftovers at lunch today. :)