Orzo with chorizo and tomatoes is a wonderfully easy, flavour-packed dish that brings the best of Mediterranean cooking straight to your table. The combination of orzo pasta, spicy chorizo and fresh tomatoes strikes a lovely balance between acidity, richness and depth, finished with grated Parmesan for extra flavour.
The best part? Everything is cooked in a single pan – a quick, simple one-pot approach that makes the washing-up a breeze.
The chorizo is fried until lightly crisp, releasing its spiced oil, which mingles with the juicy tomatoes and the creamy orzo.
The dish is ready in no time and works just as well for a weeknight as for a dinner with guests, when it needs to be easy but still delicious.
You will find the recipe for one-pot orzo with chorizo and tomatoes below.
Orzo with chorizo and tomatoes
Ingredients
- 220 g chorizo, diced
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 100 ml white wine
- 400 g orzo
- 900 ml stock chicken or vegetable
- 100 g Parmesan, finely grated
- 6 sprigs basil, leaves only
- 2 handfuls spinach
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Oil
Method
- Heat a splash of oil in a large, deep frying pan and fry the chorizo for 3-4 minutes. Keep an eye on the heat so the pieces don’t turn hard.
- Add the onion, garlic and tomatoes and fry for a further 5 minutes – season with freshly ground pepper.
- Pour in the white wine and let it reduce, then add the orzo and stock.Let the orzo simmer until tender – add more stock if needed.
- Stir in the Parmesan until it melts, then finally fold in the basil leaves and spinach until wilted.Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
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Kan retten fryses ned?☺️
Hej Annika
Det kan den ja 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Meget nem at lave, lækker og cremet den brug af fløde. En ny familie favorit 🙂
Hej Mathilde
Ihhh hvor dejligt at høre – tusind tak for din besked:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Ser så lækkert ud men hvor kan jeg købe orzo?
Woooow den er god!