Creamy Orzo with Fried Salmon
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My creamy orzo recipe is topped with the cutest fried salmon. This is a fun recipe to make when you are in the mood for seafood.
Salmon and creamy orzo is basically a complete meal! Add a few crispy zucchini fritters to the side and you have a meal that everyone will love- and they won’t even know it’s good for them too.
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If you are ever in the mood for something different, but don’t know what to make, then try this recipe! It’s a boredom-busting idea that will wake up your tastebuds and make everyone enjoy seafood.
Plus, the entire recipe is a breeze to make. All recipes on Easy Recipe Depot must be easy, and this one definitely qualifies as simple.
How To Make Creamy Orzo and Salmon
I made the orzo completely homemade. If you haven’t tried to make orzo before, start with this simple recipe. You will enjoy it!
Kitchen Tools Needed:
Ingredients Needed
All the exact amounts you need are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post. First, here is a quick list of what you need to get from the store.
- Extra virgin olive oil, divided
- Onion, diced
- Garlic, minced
- Chopped brown mushroom
- Dried orzo
- Chicken stock (you can also use water)
- Whole milk
- Ground pepper to taste
- Happy Fish frozen salmon
- Fresh dill
How to Make Creamy Orzo with Fried Salmon
This recipe makes enough to feed your family, and it only takes 15 minutes to make. That’s quicker than takeout!
Saute Garlic and Onions First
The garlic, onions, and mushrooms give the orzo the aromatic flavor. Saute them in butter or olive oil in the same Dutch Oven that you’ll use to cook the orzo.
Cook Orzo In Chicken Stock and Milk
The chicken stock is completely optional, but I found that cooking orzo in chicken stock gives it a deeper and richer taste.
When you add the milk, it will make the orzo nice and creamy. If you are lactose-intolerant, I suggest using either plain almond milk or coconut milk instead of dairy.
Fry The Salmon
The mini salmon patties only take about two minutes per side to cook. That’s it! Add the salmon on top of the orzo and dinner is ready.
Creamy Orzo with Fried Salmon
SERVINGS
Equipment
- Dutch Oven
- Non stick Pan
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 3-4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil divided
- 1 small onion diced
- 3-4 cloves garlic
- 1¼ cups brown mushrooms chopped
- 3 cups dried orzo
- 2 cups chicken stock home made you can also use water
- 2 cups whole milk
- ground pepper to taste
- 1 packet Happy Fish frozen salmon
- sprigs of fresh dill
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven, Heat 1-2 tbsp EVOO over medium-high and add onion – sauté for about 2 minutes.
- Add garlic and mushrooms and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
- Add orzo, chicken stock and milk. Bring to a boil.
- Cover and reduce heat, allowing to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and sprinkle with black pepper. Fold to incorporate all ingredients with one another.
- In a nonstick pan, heat 1-2 tbsp EVOO over medium high.
- Add Happy Fish frozen salmon patties to the heated nonstick pan and sauté for 2 minutes on each side. (Yup, that’s right: you can cook it straight from the freezer. Easy peasy, right?!)
- Serve creamy orzo on individual plates and top off with cooked Happy Fish salmon. Garnish with fresh dill.
Nutrition
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This sounds so yummy! Love salmon, will have to try this recipe out, delish!
Kileen
cute & little
Those fish shaped salmon pieces are so cute you were right. I have to get those for my son who loves seafood.
Oh my goodness this looks absolutely delicious. I have to admit to being a big fan of salmon and I am all for new ways to try and it this sounds right up my street!
I can see kids loving this! I know mine will. They are all about seafood. I wish I liked it, but I will make them seafood dishes sometimes.
I think it’s so important to introduce new and healthy foods to kids. This recipe is such a great way to do that!
OMG how cute are those! I love salmon, and have a hard time getting my son to eat it as well. Maybe a cute fish shape will do the trick!
Cute & delicious! My family would love this!
I agree! these salmon are the cutest! I hope I can fins these in the grocery.
I am guilty and haven’t tried very many fish dishes. I’m picky, as I like my fish fresh, meaning I caught it. One of these days, I’m going to have to get over that fear and give salmon a try. I like the cute fish shapes. This recipe sounds amazing even without salmon.
I haven’t had orzo in a while, but it’s such a great, easy dish to cook up. Those salmon fish are so cute! What a great and easy meal.
The SHAPE…holy cow are these adorable! I may actually get my littlest to try salmon now!
Mmmm…I can eat salmon everyday! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Wow..! That was so cute..!❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Even me asan adult would definitely love to incorporate that to any meal..???? Fried rice or macaroni both sounds great with these.
This looks absolutely lovely. I think the kids are going to be happy seeing this. I am sure this is going to be awesome.
Oh this looks so delish!! What an easy way to get some salmon in my diet. I always struggle with fish ideas.
I love this idea and what a great way to get to the kids to eat salmon. Its soo good for them.
I’m allergic to salmon but the recipe looks incredibly delicious! I bet all the salmon eating people are going to love it!
So this is the cutest salmon I have ever seen! Would be perfect for little ones and that Orzo sounds AMAZING! Yum!
This looks so good. I love those fish shaped salmon too. That is so neat! I need to pick some of those up.
Those really are cute salmon! The recipe looks delicious too.
Wow, That is true and looks really delicious and so creamy tasty, yummy meal that everyone gonna love it. I’ll make this one this weekend.
Kids would love this fun and healthy dish. I will send this post to my sister in law so they can try this too.
How cute. This is so fun for kids. Salmon is so good for you, so letting the kid have fun while eating is a double benefit.
That can’t get any more adorable and the fish shape definitely makes a child more interested in eating fish. I also appreciate the recipe! It looks SO good!