Description
Delicious Ground Beef Orzo recipe for a quick and satisfying meal. Discover a new favorite dish today!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 1 lb. ground beef (or lamb or turkey)
- 6 oz. tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt (plus more if needed)
- Black pepper (to taste)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 heaping teaspoon dried spearmint (or 1 tablespoon fresh chopped mint)
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup orzo (whole wheat or regular is fine)
- Grated romano cheese, fresh chopped mint or parsley, and/or extra-virgin olive oil, for serving (optional)
Instructions
- Step 1: In a large heavy pot with a lid, such as a Dutch oven, heat the 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add the diced 1 large onion and cook until softened and starting to brown, about 3 minutes. Add the 1 lb. ground beef and cook until fully browned, breaking apart as it cooks with a wooden spoon, about 5 minutes.
- Step 2: Add the 6 oz. tomato paste, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, black pepper to taste, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, and 1 heaping teaspoon dried spearmint.
- Step 3: Stir to coat the meat in the tomato paste and spices and cook until tomato paste begins to brown, about two minutes.
- Step 4: Add the 4 cups water; bring to a boil.
- Step 5: Add 1 cup orzo; stir, cover, and simmer on low, stirring occasionally, until orzo is cooked (approximately 20 minutes). I recommend doing this on the back burner, which isn’t as hot, to prevent the orzo from sticking to the pot too much.
- Step 6: Serve with grated romano cheese, fresh chopped mint or parsley, and/or extra-virgin olive oil, for serving, if desired.
Notes
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4 serving
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 50mg