What’s Cooking? | Chicken & Sausage Orzo

Welcome to the first episode of our new web series, “What’s Cooking?”! These videos will be short, no longer than 2-3 minutes, and should all be doable from your own home. The first one is a favorite of mine, a chicken & sausage orzo.

This is a relatively low effort dish and only uses up one pot…or in our case, one skillet. All-in-all this shoudln’t take much more than 30 minutes to do, with most of the time spent letting the orzo cook.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 teaspoons – olive oil
• 2 – spicy Italian sausages, casing removed
• 1 pound – boneless chicken thigh, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 3 cups – chicken broth, plus more as needed
• 1/2 cup – tomato sauce
• 1.5 cups – uncooked orzo
• 1 teaspoon – kosher salt, plus more to taste
• 1/2 cup – finely grated Parmigiano Reggiano
• 1/4 cup – chopped Italian parsley

Optional toppings: fresh, sliced chives & ricotta cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place pot over medium-high heat.
2. Put sausages in pot to brown, break them up pretty fine.
3. Add in cut up chicken, stir around, add in some salt to season, & cook until slightly browned.
4. Add in chicken broth, & stir around. After a few seconds add in tomato sauce & stir.
5. Raise heat to high & bring to a simmer.
6. When it comes to a simmer add in orzo & a bit of salt.
7. Lower heat to medium & cook 10-12 minutes, or until the pasta is tender & most of the liquid is absorbed (this should happen about the same time).
8. When done toss in cheese, parsley, & chives. Stir together, & add salt if needed.
   • It doesn’t need to be stirred constantly, but should be done occasionally as to not stick to the bottom.
9. Serve & top with optional garnish.