Cajun Soiled Orzo – Supergolden Bakes

July 4, 2023

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Love Cajun Soiled Rice? You’ll positively adore my Cajun Soiled Orzo recipe! This one pan surprise is hearty, scrumptious, thrifty and fast. Excellent for a midweek meal and a child favorite.

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What occurs while you need to make Cajun Soiled Rice however there’s no rice within the pantry? Make Cajun Soiled Orzo as an alternative!

That is positively a “fusion” recipe (learn – complete mish mash) that mixes the addictive smoky flavour of Cajun seasoning with beef and orzo pasta. (See additionally: reader favourite Cajun Rooster Orzo) 🙂

Kind of do-it-yourself Hamburger Helper with Cajun spices, form of Louisiana Soiled Rice minus the rice and DEFINITELY every kind of scrumptious!

The whole lot cooks collectively in a single pan so the yumminess is off the charts – severely, everybody will come again for seconds.

CAJUN DIRTY ORZO INGREDIENTS

You gotta love a recipe that comes collectively in a single pot and doesn’t break the financial institution. A deep non-stick pan would work greatest right here as orzo tends to stay. Right here’s what you will have:

Butter and olive oil
Shallots or white onion
Inexperienced bell peppers (or you need to use purple and inexperienced)
Loads of garlic
Cajun seasoning, celery salt, garlic and herb seasoning, dried parsley
Floor beef (mince) – I used lean beef mince.
Tomato purée / concentrated tomato paste
Orzo pasta
Beef broth / or beef inventory made with two inventory cubes
Cheese – I used Purple Leicester however Cheddar would additionally work
Jalapeno sliced, to serve
Recent thyme, to serve

ingredients one pot Cajun style orzo with beef mince

HOW TO MAKE DIRTY CAJUN ORZO

Full measurements and directions could be discovered on the printable recipe card on the backside of the web page. Please check out the steps and video earlier than making an attempt this recipe!

Warmth the butter and oil in a pan and add the shallots, chopped pepper. Sauté over medium-low warmth for 5 minutes. Stir within the minced garlic and seasonings.

cajun seasoning in a pan with onion and peppers

Flip up the warmth barely and add the meat, breaking it up with the again of a picket spoon in order that it begins to brown.

Add the orzo and proceed to stir till the meat is properly browned and the orzo is a bit toasted and coated within the spices and seasoning.

orzo and beef mince cooking in a pan with Cajun seasoning

Stir within the tomato paste and eventually the meat broth/ inventory. Deliver to a rolling boil then decrease the warmth to a simmer. Prepare dinner, stirring sometimes, till the orzo is cooked, about 15-20 minutes. If the pan will get too dry (the orzo soaks up liquid like a sponge) then stir in some additional water.

Flip the warmth off and stir within the grated cheese in order that it melts into the dish. Style and modify the seasoning if wanted. Garnish with contemporary thyme.

close up on a pan of Cajun dirty orzo cooking in a pan

Serve with sliced jalapeno or dried chili flakes for an additional bit of warmth plus extra cheese (are you able to ever have sufficient?). SUPER YUM!

Pan of cajun style dirty rice made with orzo pasta instead

RECIPE TIPS

Retailer any leftovers within the fridge for as much as three days. Stir in some water when reheating to loosen up the orzo. This recipe is just not appropriate for freezing.
This recipe may be very child-friendly supplied your Cajun seasoning is on the delicate aspect. If you’re utilizing a spicy mix then add one teaspoon to begin with then add extra, to style.
Use low sodium beef broth / inventory cubes because the seasoning comprises salt.
You possibly can exchange the lean floor beef with any kind of floor beef in addition to floor turkey or crumbled sausage if most well-liked.
Need to make this recipe with rice as an alternative? You possibly can! Use straightforward cook dinner lengthy grain rice in the identical means because the orzo.
Genuine soiled rice comprises gizzards or hen livers as an alternative or along with the bottom beef. Not many individuals love utilizing both of those components however should you do you possibly can actually add some. Bizarre to report that my mum’s Greek turkey stuffing comprises each beef and hen livers and appears very very like soiled rice.

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