Reminder orzo is pasta and you do not want to overcook.
Colorful Garlic Orzo
Give spinach the green light with a bold basil pesto mixture complete with cloves of garlic, peas, and parmesan.
Recipe Summary Colorful Garlic Orzo
This dish is fast, easy, colorful, healthy, and delicious! Don't skip the chicken broth; it adds essential flavor to the dish. I like mine extra garlicky and go for the full 6 cloves, but it's plenty flavorful with less. You can use just about any veggies or meat in this recipe and it will still be great. I use all frozen veggies so I only need to shop for tomatoes, and even those I could use canned if I feel lazy, making this a true from-the-pantry meal with no shopping required.Ingredients | Orzo Pasta Recipes With Spinach
4 cups chicken broth
2 cups orzo pasta
1 ½ pounds lean ground turkey
4 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
4 cups fresh spinach leaves
4 cups frozen broccoli florets
1 pint cherry tomatoes
⅔ cup frozen peas
⅔ cup frozen carrots
salt and ground black pepper to taste
Directions
Bring chicken broth to a boil. Cook orzo in the boiling broth, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat; do not drain.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir turkey in the hot skillet until crumbly and evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Stir garlic and red pepper flakes into turkey; cook for 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium. Add spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, peas, carrots, orzo, and broth to the turkey mixture and cook, stirring often, until spinach is wilted and tomatoes begin to split, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
I usually use a heaping 1/2 teaspoon of the red pepper flakes. This dish is very light but the garlic and red pepper flakes give it tons of flavor!
Info | Orzo Pasta Recipes With Spinach
prep:
15 mins
cook:
25 mins
total:
40 mins
Servings:
6
Yield:
6 servings
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