Cheesy Tex-Mex Chorizo and Orzo Skillet
with Tortilla Crumble and Sour Cream
Say hello to this satisfying meal — hearty and full of flavour, it's a fiesta for the taste buds! Chorizo is cooked with zesty Mexican seasoning before being finished in a skillet with orzo, sweet peppers and cheesy tortilla crumble topper.
Ingredients: Chorizo sausage (pork, water, sugars (dextrose), spices, salt, paprika, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate, flavour, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, sodium erythorbate, sodium diacetate, paprika extractives, spice extractives, bakon Hfbn) • Orzo (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sweet bell pepper • Tortilla chips (whole grain corn, white corn, corn masa flour, water, vegetable oil, salt, calcium hydroxide) • Cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, bacterial culture, salt, annatto, beta-carotene, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Sour cream (milk ingredients, modified milk ingredients, modified cornstarch, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, carrageenan, locust bean gum, guar gum, microbial enzyme, bacterial culture) (milk) • Tomato sauce (water, tomato paste, modified corn starch, soybean oil, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Spinach • Beef broth concentrate (beef stock, sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), beef flavor (flavoring, water, salt, dried beef stock, beef stock, yeast extract, xanthan gum, glutamic acid, tricalcium phosphate), beef fat, salt, yeast extract, xanthan gum) • Green onion • Mexican seasoning (spices, paprika powder, sugar (sugar, maltodextrin), salt, tomato powder, garlic powder, herbs, canola oil, silicon dioxide) • Garlic salt (salt, garlic powder, silicon dioxide).
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
250 g
Chorizo Sausage, uncased
170 g
Orzo
(Contains: Wheat)
1 unit
Sweet Bell Pepper
1 unit
Green Onion
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese, shredded
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk May contain: Milk)
85 g
Tortilla Chips
(May contain: Sesame, Milk)
2 tbsp
Tomato Sauce Base
(May contain: Mustard, Milk, Tree nuts, Fish, Egg, Sesame, Crustaceans, Gluten, Sulphites, Soy, Wheat)
2 unit
Beef Broth Concentrate
8 g
Mexican Seasoning
(May contain: Sesame, Triticale, Peanuts, Tree nuts, Wheat, Mustard, Sulphites, Milk, Soy)
4 g
Garlic Salt
(May contain: Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Tree nuts, Triticale, Mustard, Soy, Sesame, Peanuts)
28 g
Baby Spinach
Not included in your delivery
0.13 tsp
Salt*
1 tbsp
Butter*
(Contains: Milk)
0.06 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Before starting, preheat the oven to 425˚F.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- To a large pot, add 6 cups water and 1 tsp salt (use same for 4 servings). Cover and bring to a boil over high.
- To the boiling water, add orzo. Cook for 8-10 min, stirring occasionally, until tender but still firm to the bite.
- Reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) pasta water. Strain orzo, then return to the pot, off heat.
- Add half the garlic salt and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter. Stir for 1-2 min, until melted. Cover and set aside.
- Meanwhile core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Thinly slice green onion.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Cut open one end of tortilla chip package. Using a rolling pin or pot, crush chips in packaging until approx. 1/2 inch in size.
- To an unlined baking sheet, add crumbled chips and 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil.
- Season with 1 tsp (2 tsp) Mexican Seasoning. Toss to coat.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 2-3 min, stirring halfway through, until toasted and fragrant.
- Heat a large oven-proof pan over medium-high.
- When the pan is hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then chorizo and peppers.
- Cook for 5-6 min, breaking up chorizo into smaller pieces, until no pink remains.**
- Carefully drain and discard excess fat.
- Add broth concentrates, tomato sauce base, remaining garlic salt, remaining Mexican Seasoning and 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) reserved pasta water. Stir to combine.
- Add orzo and spinach to the pan with meat.
- Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine. (NOTE: If you don't have an oven-proof pan, carefully transfer mixture to an 8x8-inch baking dish [9x13-inch for 4 servings]).
- Sprinkle tortilla crumble and cheese over top.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 3-5 min, until cheese is melted.
- Divide baked orzo between bowls.
- Dollop sour cream over top.
- Sprinkle green onions over top.
If you've opted to get chorizo, cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to cook the beef.**