Meatball Orzo One Dish Casserole Recipe

Recipe By The Spruce Eats

The joys of a single pot recipe are hard to summarize. Well, thats not quite true: the words one-pot casserole make most of us very happy. This recipe turns super-convenient and frozen meatballs into a creamy, slightly cheese main dish, complete with the vegetables built right in. You could use other vegetables, such as broccoli or asparagus in place of the broccoli rabe if you like, and keep changing this dish up with the seasons. Another way to vary things up is to experiment with different flavors of frozen meatballs. A bag or two of meatballs in the freezer has saved dinner many a time. This dish was almost risotto-like, though it uses rice-shaped orzo pasta instead of rice, and involves with much less stirring. Even though this recipe says serves 8, my family of 4 did some pretty serious damage to the casserolebut there were thankfully still leftovers. There is more pasta than meatballs, though, since my kids went back into the pot, and plucked out the meatballs for their second servings

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Non Vegdiet
27minstotal
7minsPrep
20minsCook
27m.total
7m.Prep
20m.Cook
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Ingredients for Meatball Orzo One Dish Casserole Recipe

  • 1/4 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 0.13 tablespoon Minced Garlic
  • 3/4 cup Roughly chopped broccoli rabe
  • 0.06 teaspoon Hot pepper flakes
  • As required Kosher salt
  • 0.06 cup Chopped Onion
  • 0.13 Package orzo
  • 1/2 cup Less sodium chicken stock
  • 0.13 Package frozen meatballs
Nutrition
value
289
calories per serving
17 g Fat21 g Protein11 g Carbs2 g FiberOther

Current Totals

  • Fat
    17g
  • Protein
    21g
  • Carbs
    11g
  • Fiber
    2g

MacroNutrients

  • Carbs
    11g
  • Protein
    21g
  • Fiber
    2g

Fats

  • Fat
    17g

Vitamins & Minerals

  • Calcium
    134mg
  • Iron
    2mg
  • Vitamin A
    97mcg
  • Vitamin B1
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B2
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B3
    4mg
  • Vitamin B6
    < 1mg
  • Vitamin B9
    82mcg
  • Vitamin B12
    < 1mcg
  • Vitamin C
    22mg
  • Vitamin E
    1mg
  • Copper
    < 1mcg
  • Magnesium
    41mg
  • Manganese
    < 1mg
  • Phosphorus
    275mg
  • Selenium
    21mcg
  • Zinc
    1mg
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
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Recipe By The Spruce Eats