Spinach Orzo

Submitted by Shelly (Chef #837207)

"This is an easy side dish, it goes great with chicken breasts or pork tenderloin."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups uncooked orzo pasta
• 1 1⁄2 cups frozen chopped spinach
• 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Boil orzo until tender. Drain, but do not rinse.
2. Melt butter over medium heat. Toast garlic, add spinach and onion powder. Cook through and remove from heat.
3. Mix orzo, spinach, parmesean cheese, and juice of 1 lemon.
4. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Reviews

[mama smurf]

Fixed this last night with Recipe#408567#408567 and a green salald with Recipe#284322#284322. What a wonderful dinner. I cut the recipe in half and used fresh spinach and about 2 Tbls. fresh minced onion instead of the onion powder and sauteed them with the fresh garlic. Then I added the mixture to the cooked orzo. Yummo! Made for New Kids on the Block Tag game 2010.