How to Make Perfect Orzo and Mini Sausage Meatballs

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 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. Take 1 tbsp. olive oil
2. Take 3 links Italian sausage, casings removed
3. Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
4. Make ready 1 cup orzo pasta, uncooked
5. Take 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. Prepare 2 heaping cups spinach, roughly chopped
9. Get Juice from 1/2 lemon
10. Take Freshly grated parmesan cheese, for serving

Instructions 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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