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Greek Beef Orzo

Greek Beef Orzo

Orzo is a small, almost rice-like short-cut pasta. This recipe dresses it up with ground beef and typically Greek ingredients like feta cheese and oregano.

Cook time

36 mins

Recipe Difficulty

Easy

Yield

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 lb (0.5 kg) lean ground beef
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 can (14 oz/398 mL) tomato sauce
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tsp oregano, crumbled
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 1 cup orzo
  • 1 cup shredded feta cheese

Directions

  1. Heat oil in a frypan over medium heat. Add beef and cook, stirring to break up beef, until browned, about 7 - 10 minutes. Drain off excess fat.
  2. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until onion is tender.
  3. Stir in next 7 ingredients (tomato sauce through orzo). Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until orzo is tender and liquid is absorbed.
  4. Remove from heat; sprinkle with cheese. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

167 calories, 13 g fat, 4.5 g protein, 9.3 g carbohydrate, 2.4 g fibre, 257 mg sodium