Trader Joe's Orzo and Sausage Bake
This Trader Joe's orzo and sausage bake is the ultimate cozy comfort meal that comes together fast using just 7 ingredients. This is very similar to the viral orzo Boursin bake, but so much better because it uses Trader Joe's spinach and artichoke dip! It’s an easy, family-friendly dinner that tastes way fancier than the effort it takes to make.
Ingredients
- 4-5 fully cooked Trader Joe's sausages, sliced I used the Unexpected Cheddar and Chicken sausage but any pre-cooked sausage works
- 1 8.8 oz. container of Trader Joe's frozen Spinach and Artichoke Dip, at room temperature found in the frozen food aisle
- 1 16 oz. package of orzo
- 1 32 oz. container of chicken broth or stock about 4 cups
- 1 5 oz. jar of Trader Joe's slow-roasted tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped can also use sun dried tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped
- 2 heaping cups of spinach, roughly chopped
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Optional Prep: Brown sausage for 4-5 minutes in a skillet over medium high. Set aside. You can absolutely skip this step and add the sausage right in, as-is since it's already fully cooked.
- Prep Dip (if needed): If you dip isn’t at room temperature, place it in a microwave safe dish and microwave it in 30 sec increments until slightly soft (but dip shape is still in tact)At this time, you can also preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Assemble: Spray a 9x13 casserole dish (or similar) with cooking spray. To the dish, add the orzo. Then place the block of spinach and artichoke dip in the center. Add the broth, tomatoes and sausage.
- Bake: Cover with foil and bake at 400°F for 25-30 minutes.
- Add spinach: Uncover the dish, and stir in the spinach (the dish will still have quite a bit of liquid at this point. Submerge spinach in liquid as much as possible.
- Finish: Return the pan to the oven and continue to bake, uncovered, for an additional 5-10 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated. There should still be a bit of liquid in the dish when you remove it from the oven. You don't want it to be too dry when you remove it from the oven because the orzo will continue to absorb the liquid as it cools.Remove from the oven and stir, stir, stir until everything is nice and creamy and the dip is fully incorporated into the dish. Make sure to get anything off the bottom of the pan, too. Allow the dish to rest for 2-3 minutes (it will thicken upon resting) then top with parmesan cheese and serve!
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