Cheesy Orzo recipe

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Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth
1 (16 ounce) package orzo pasta
3 tablespoons butter
1 white onion, chopped
8 ounces sliced mushrooms
1 cup Marsala wine
1 cup frozen peas
½ cup heavy whipping cream
4 ounces shredded fontina cheese
4 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ cup bread crumbs
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dried thyme

Nutrition Info

337.1 calories
carbohydrate: 38.3 g
cholesterol: 41.4 mg
fat: 12.5 g
fiber: 2.3 g
protein: 13 g
saturatedFat: 7.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 652.8 mg
sugar: 5.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  2. Bring chicken broth to a boil in a pot, stir in orzo. Cook until almost tender, about 7 minutes. Pour orzo and broth into a bowl.

  3. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat, cook and stir onion and mushrooms in the melted butter until softened, about 7 minutes. Pour in Marsala wine and simmer until liquid is reduced by half, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir mushroom mixture into orzo.

  4. Stir peas, cream, fontina cheese, mozzarella cheese, salt, and pepper into orzo-mushroom mixture. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.

  5. Mix bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and thyme together in a bowl, sprinkle over orzo-mushroom mixture.

  6. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and breadcrumbs are lightly browned, about 25 minutes.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

A delicious side dish that goes great with chicken and pork!

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