Lemony Orzo
Recipe: #1213
October 24, 2011
Categories: Side Dishes, Orzo, Lemon, Italian, Sunday Dinner, Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy, more
"A simple way to "jazz" up that box of orzo in your pantry. I absolutely love orzo because it is quick cooking, and with a few fresh ingredients, this makes for a wonderful side dish."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (186.6 g)
- Calories 359
- Total Fat - 5 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.3 g
- Cholesterol - 4 mg
- Sodium - 56.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 73.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11 g
- Sugars - 1.6 g
- Protein - 9 g
- Calcium - 89 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 32.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Pasta ... Cook the pasta according to package directions; and make sure the water is well salted. Once the pasta is done, drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water. Then return the pasta to the pot and remove from the heat. Sauce ... As the pasta cooks, make the sauce. Add the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, shallot, garlic, basil, and lemon pepper to a small cup. Mix well and add to the pasta, along with the parsley and cheese. Toss to combine. Add a little of the pasta water to thin out the sauce a bit and season with salt and pepper.
Step 2
Serve ... A great side with just about anything. ENJOY!
Tips
No special items needed.