23 Recipes To Fuel Your Orzo Obsession

Choosing between rice and pasta is so unnecessary when rice-shaped pasta exists.

1. Orzo Salad with Chicken and Corn

Via ratatouilleetcie.com

Not your gross potluck picnic chicken salad, this orzo-based dish actually gives chicken salad a good name.

2. White Cheddar Orzo with Bacon

Via thetwobiteclub.com

It's like mac and cheese, only better: think of the noodle to cheese surface ratio.

3. Cheeseburger Orzo

Via confessionsofacookingdiva.com

A cheeseburger you can eat with a spoon. DONE.

4. Orzo with Spinach Pesto

Via thekitchn.com

Pesto is good on everything, orzo is good in every way, it just makes sense.

5. Cheesy Pumpkin Orzo

Via tablefortwoblog.com

Pumpkin spice lattes are pretty much irrelevant after enjoying this pumpkin orzo.

6. Beet, Bleu Cheese and Orzo Salad

Via naturallyella.com

Just when you thought beet salad couldn't get any better... add orzo!

7. Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Via damndelicious.net

Problem of not getting a noodle in every spoonful of soup: solved.

8. Kale, Pomegranate and Orzo salad

Via happyolks.com

It's healthy because there's kale (and orzo) in every bite.

9. Orzo Caprese

Via domesticfits.com

Because caprese wasn't delicious enough already.

10. Orzo Stuffed Squash

Put your orzo in an edible boat and sail away with deliciousness.

11. Roasted Tomato Soup with Orzo

Via foodiecrush.com

Better than croutons and grilled cheese combined, you need some orzo in your tomato soup.

12. Baked Orzo with Eggplant and Mozzerella

Via smittenkitchen.com

Crispy on top, gooey in the middle, and arguable healthy because of the vegetables, this orzo dish is dinner/lunch/leftover worthy and definitely impressive at dinner parties.

13. Parmesan and Spinach Orzo

Via damndelicious.net

It's so rich and cheesy and total orzogasm worthy.

14. Spinach and Tomato Orzo Soup

Via amazingpinterestworld.blogspot.kr

This soup is way too easy to make for something so delicious.

15. Orzo with Shrimp, Tomatoes, and Feta

Via seasonsandsuppers.ca

If you insist...

16. Risotto-style Orzo with Shitakes

Via seasonsandsuppers.ca

One of Buzzfeed's 23 Most Yolo Pastas of 2013, this creamy orzo dish shouts YOU ONLY LIVE (for) ORZO.

17. Orzo with Carmelized Fall Vegetables

Via thekitchn.com

If there's anything to make you excited about the impending cold weather, this dish may be it.

18. Lemony Orzo Pasta Salad

Via forkknifeswoon.com

A refreshing salad that's half pasta, half veggies? YES

19. Orzo Salad with Scallops

Via cookingwithruthie.com

Seafood and orzo make the perfect couple, and it's totally fine to reap the benefits of their relationship.

20. Southwestern Orzo

Via diethood.com

For when you're wearing your cowboy boots, or just craving some really good orzo.

21. Steak and Mushroom Orzo

Via spiciefoodie.com

It's like a whole steakhouse in a bowl of orzo.

22. Roasted Vegetable Orzo

Via shewearsmanyhats.com

Never felt excited about roasted vegetables? Orzo comes along and, boom, everything is better.

23. Baked Orzo with Cauliflower Cheese Sauce and Bacon

Via nutmegnanny.com

It's crispy, cheesy, gooey, bacony, and orzo-y!