Orzo and Mini Sausage Meatballs
Orzo and Mini Sausage Meatballs

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, orzo and mini sausage meatballs. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have orzo and mini sausage meatballs using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Orzo and Mini Sausage Meatballs:
  1. Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
  2. Make ready 3 links Italian sausage, casings removed
  3. Get 2 cloves garlic, minced
  4. Make ready 1 cup orzo pasta, uncooked
  5. Get 1 3/4 cup unsalted chicken broth
  6. Make ready 1/4 cup heavy cream
  7. Take 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper
  8. Take 2 heaping cups spinach, roughly chopped
  9. Get Juice from 1/2 lemon
  10. Make ready Freshly grated parmesan cheese, for serving

Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle the meatball-and-orzo soup into shallow bowls and serve. The chicken soup and cooked orzo can be refrigerated separately overnight. Add the cooked orzo and baby spinach just before heating and serving.

Steps to make Orzo and Mini Sausage Meatballs:
  1. For the meatballs, just pinch off about 1 tsp of sausage and roll it into a ball. Place it on a plate and do the same with the rest of the sausage. Each link will give you 9-12 mini meatballs.
  2. Heat the oil over medium heat in a large, deep skillet with a tight fitting lid. Once its hot, add the sausage meatballs to the pan and roll them around often as they cook until they are nicely browned on all sides. Then stir in the garlic to the pan. Once its fragrant, increase the heat to med-high and Add the orzo to the pan.
  3. Cook and stir often to lightly toast the orzo, then stir in the broth, cream, salt and pepper. Place the lid on while it comes up to a low boil. Once it begins to bubble, drop the heat down to med-low. Let this simmer for 5 minutes, stirring halfway to make sure the orzo isn't sticking to the pan. After the 5 minutes, stir in the spinach and place the lid back on for another 2-4 minutes, until the orzo is al dente. Then stir in the lemon juice, remove it from the heat and serve.

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