Sausage Supreme Pizza Orzo Skillet
Ingredients:
- ½ tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 16 oz Ground Italian Chicken Sausage uncooked, ground sausage, not links
- 1 cup Orzo (about 225 grams)
- 3 cups Water
- 2 tsp Reduced Sodium Chicken Base
- 1 can Stewed Tomatoes (about 15 oz can)
- 2 tbsp Tomato Paste
- 2 cups White Mushrooms sliced (about 200 grams)
- 1 Green Bell Pepper sliced (about 125 grams)
- ½ Red Onion sliced (about 150 grams)
- 1 Jalapeno sliced (about 35 grams)
- ½ tsp Italian Seasoning
- ¼ tsp Garlic Powder
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper
- ½ tsp Red Pepper Flake
- ½ cup Dubliner Cheese freshly shredded, any white cheddar cheese is fine (about 55 grams)
Instructions Sausage Supreme Pizza Orzo Skillet:
- Heat a large stovetop pan to medium heat. Once the pan is hot add the oil to the pan, then immediately add the chicken sausage.
- Using a heavy spatula break the sausage up into bite-sized pieces. Cook the sausage for about 8 minutes, stirring every few minutes.
- Once the sausage is almost cooked add in the orzo, water, chicken base, and stewed tomatoes. Turn up the heat to medium-high, and bring the liquid to a boil.
- Once boiling add the tomato paste, mushrooms, bell pepper, jalapeno, and all of the seasonings to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium and allow everything to simmer for 10 minutes. Stirring every few minutes, scraping the bottom of your pan to prevent burning.
- Once the majority of the water has been absorbed by the orzo, add the shredded cheese, stir one last time, and serve!
Sausage Supreme Pizza Orzo Skillet
Ingredients
- ½ tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 16 oz Ground Italian Chicken Sausage uncooked, ground sausage, not links
- 1 cup Orzo (about 225 grams)
- 3 cups Water
- 2 tsp Reduced Sodium Chicken Base
- 1 can Stewed Tomatoes (about 15 oz can)
- 2 tbsp Tomato Paste
- 2 cups White Mushrooms sliced (about 200 grams)
- 1 Green Bell Pepper sliced (about 125 grams)
- ½ Red Onion sliced (about 150 grams)
- 1 Jalapeno sliced (about 35 grams)
- ½ tsp Italian Seasoning
- ¼ tsp Garlic Powder
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper
- ½ tsp Red Pepper Flake
- ½ cup Dubliner Cheese freshly shredded, any white cheddar cheese is fine (about 55 grams)
Instructions
- Heat a large stovetop pan to medium heat. Once the pan is hot add the oil to the pan, then immediately add the chicken sausage.
- Using a heavy spatula break the sausage up into bite-sized pieces. Cook the sausage for about 8 minutes, stirring every few minutes.
- Once the sausage is almost cooked add in the orzo, water, chicken base, and stewed tomatoes. Turn up the heat to medium-high, and bring the liquid to a boil.
- Once boiling add the tomato paste, mushrooms, bell pepper, jalapeno, and all of the seasonings to the pan. Reduce the heat to medium and allow everything to simmer for 10 minutes. Stirring every few minutes, scraping the bottom of your pan to prevent burning.
- Once the majority of the water has been absorbed by the orzo, add the shredded cheese, stir one last time, and serve!
Macro Nutrition
Craving pizza, you are going to love this supreme pizza-inspired one-pot meal, Sausage Supreme Pizza Orzo Skillet. Each bite reminds you of a fully-loaded slice of pizza. Soooo good, and super easy to make!
Macro Adjustments:
Below outlines the items in each macro group that are easily adjustable to meet your specific macros.
Fat:
The majority of fat in this recipe comes from the cheese and oil. I do not recommend adding any more oil or you will have an oily mess. However, you can easily adjust the cheese in this recipe. Additionally, some of the fat also comes from the chicken sausage, you can choose to use a chicken sausage with more or less fat. The Chicken Sausage in this recipe was 85% lean.
Carbohydrates:
Orzo, easily adjust the amount of orzo to adjust the number of carbs. However, when making adjustments to the amount of orzo, you will also want to adjust the water ratio. 3 parts water to every 1 part orzo.
Protein:
Chicken sausage is a great source of protein, providing most of the protein in this recipe. You could adjust the amount of chicken sausage used to adjust the protein. .
Meal Prep:
Yes, this recipe is an outstanding meal prep dish! This recipe will last up to 6 days in the fridge.
Freezer Friendly:
Yes. This is an amazing freezer-friendly recipe! It reheats so well after being defrosted.
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