Recipe: Tasty Asparagus orzo

Asparagus orzo.

You can cook Asparagus orzo using 7 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Asparagus orzo

1. You need 1/2 cup of orzo pasta.
2. It's 1/2-1 cup of chopped asparagus.
3. You need 1/3 cup of reserved pasta water.
4. It's 4 tbs of butter.
5. Prepare 1 tbs of minced garlic.
6. Prepare 1 of lemon.
7. Prepare 2-4 tbs of grated parmesan optional.

Asparagus orzo step by step

1. Cook orzo for 9 minutes, drain, reserving 1/3 cup water, set aside. Add asparagus, water, and garlic to pot and simmer about 5 minutes or until tender. Add butter to pot and stir in orzo pasta, salt, and pepper. Stir in parmesan if using. Top with squeeze of lemon..