Vegetable Orzo

"This is a flavorful side dish. I usually serve it with roasted chicken or Italian sausages. Makes plenty so there is some leftover for lunch."
 
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook orzo in chicken broth until tender (add water if necessary).
  • Sauté the the vegetables in butter until tender adding the garlic near the end to prevent burning.
  • This is where I usually add a little salt and fresh cracked pepper.
  • Drain the orzo and combine with the cooked vegetables and add the chopped parsley.
  • The heat of the other ingredients will wilt the parsley.
  • Stir in the juice of the 1/2 lemon and olive oil if desired.
  • Serve with grated Parmesan.
  • Enjoy.

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Reviews

  1. Tasty! We added another pepper and used fresh mushrooms.
     
  2. LOVE IT, had to tweak a little for what I had on hand but this is a recipe I will save and reuse again. I like it when a recipe is a little flexible and this one gets 10 stars in my book. Thank you for posting!
     
  3. Nice side dish. I used fresh mushrooms and regular chicken stock with some Italian herbs. :)
     
  4. Wonderful side dish. I load it with extra vegetables for added nutrition. (I finely chop - squash, zucchini, etc.)
     
  5. Loved this well-flavored, vegetable-filled orzo. I made this all in one pan by sauteing the vegetables first, then adding the orzo and the chicken broth, then cooking the orzo until tender. I could not find the Italian-seasoned chicken broth, so I added 1 teaspoon of Italian herb seasoning with the chicken broth. I also used fresh mushrooms instead of canned. The amount of broth was perfect for the amount of orzo; the orzo soaked up all the broth and I did not need to add any water.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Yum, yum! This tastes great and was easy to make. I'd never used orzo before but it was a nice change. I couldn't find Italian seasoned chicken broth so used roasted garlic chicken broth instead. The broth cans were 14 oz each and the can of mushrooms was 4 oz. I used 1/2 of a large onion and 3 cloves of garlic and that was sufficient. I did add the olive oil and a bit of lemon juice. Couldn't taste the lemon juice, salt or pepper so maybe a tad more next time. I mixed in the parmesan cheese to taste. I would use a red pepper if I wanted this to make a bolder presentation. Thanks for a great recipe.
     

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