- 1 ½ pounds Pork tenderloin
- 1 tsp Ground peppercoarsely
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
- 3 quarts Water
- 1¼ cups Orzo pastauncooked
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 package (6 ounces) Baby spinachfresh
- 1 cup Grape tomatoeshalved
- ¾ cup Feta cheesecrumbled
Mediterranean Pork and Orzo
Get dinner done with this extremely easy to make Mediterranean Pork and Orzo recipe. Simply grill your pork tenderloin chunks on the stove top or a grill pad, if you have, and serve them with a delicious Mediterranean-style orzo pasta filled with fresh baby spinach, grape tomato halves and some crumbled feta cheese. It’s simple, it’s easy and it’s everything I look for in a family dinner.
To make Mediterranean Pork and Orzo, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Mediterranean Pork and Orzo
1 | Season pork | 2 |
Generously rub 1½ pounds of pork tenderloin with 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper and cut into 1-inch cubes or chunks. | ||
2 | Cook pork | 10 |
In a large, nonstick skillet over medium heat, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and add seasoned pork chunks. Cook for about 8-10 minutes until cooked in the center and no longer pink. | ||
3 | Cook orzo | 8 |
In a Dutch oven, boil 3 quarts of water and then add 1¼ cups of orzo with a 1 teaspoon of salt. Stir and then let cook, uncovered for about 8 minutes. | ||
4 | Add spinach | 1 |
Add 6 ounces of baby spinach and stir. Cook for another 45-60 seconds until spinach is wilted and the orzo should be cooked. Drain from the cooking liquid. | ||
5 | Add tomatoes to pork | 2 |
Add 1 cup of grape tomato halves and toss to combine with the pork. | ||
6 | Add orzo and cheese | 2 |
Stir in the orzo and spinach mix and then ¾ cups of crumbled feta cheese. Toss to combine. | ||
7 | Serve | |
Serve hot and enjoy! | ||
Recipe Reviews
Wishing it was kinda spicy but next time I'll just add some chili flakes and a dab of hot sauce.
Not awful but shrimp orzo is much tastier than this one, but since my husband liked it i'll be cooking it again.
I added some sundried tomatos to this and a lottt of extra cheese haha.
Not sure how I feel about the texture of the noodles though it was really good nonetheless.
Never made anything like this before but I'm going to test my luck today since it looks so freaking good.
Would recommend anything and all recipes from Jeff,he has the best tasting and most affordable recipes on here in my opinion.
Great but needed a bit of a kick so decided to add a tad of tobasco hot sauce in it.
Brought some left overs with me to work and the whole place was surrounding me once I warmed it up in the microwave everyone wanted to know what it was,LOL!
Becareful cooking the noodles or they'll come out to be just plain mush,I wasn't so lucky the first time but made sure to be more careful the second time around so they'd turn out perfect.
I recommend not adding any salt till you finish cooking it or it will be too salty for sure.
SOOOO YUMMY, put more veggies in this though cause I wanted it to have a more refreshing taste.
Brilliant meal for two or the whole family, it's a crowd pleaser for sure :)
Tasty and simple just how I like my meals thanks again for sharing it with us Jeff!
Had it with some squeezed lemon juice on the top and it was freaking delicious.
Ditched the baby spinach all the way since I knew for sure my son wouldn't eat it but decided to add some basil leaves instead.
My kids devoured this whole thing so quickly that's how tasty it was !!
Going to make this with some chicken instead of pork cause the pork doesn't go too well with the rest of the ingridents.
Went with beef the second time I made this and I liked it a lot better though the pork is good too.
This meal goes great with red wine and a side of garlic bread, recommending it to any out there second guessing for sure.
Was really good but added some teriyaki sauce to the pork just to experiment a bit and have to say it's way more flavorful and juicy now.
I love it! So delicious!
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