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chicken broth, crock-pot, olive oil, onion powder, orzo, pasta, pepper, pork tenderloin, recipe, salt, slow cooker
Left out the cherry tomatoes and substituted onion powder for the sliced onions. Pork came out super tender and juicy.
I know I’ve had orzo before, but I’ve never actually purchased it myself. I first checked the pasta aisle, nope no orzo. Thought to myself, was I wrong? Is it a rice or other grain? So I checked the rice and specialty grain section…nope, not there either. Went back to the pasta section a second time, still not there. Maybe the health food market section has it? Yup, the organic, whole wheat kind. Well, at this point, guess beggars can’t be choosers.
Since I refrigerate my meals after cooking, I have started to store any liquid left in the slow cooker with the meat to help prevent it from getting dried out. For this meal, I divided the extra liquid between the meat and the orzo so they both would stay fresher. Really helped the orzo not be clumpy or super starchy and sticky when re-heated.