Chicken Meatball–and–Orzo Soup

Name: Chicken Meatball–and–Orzo Soup
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 cup orzo; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pound fresh chicken sausage, such as sweet Italian casings discarded and meat rolled into twenty 1-inch meatballs; 1 garlic clove, very finely chopped; 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 5-ounce bag baby spinach (5 cups)

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"Melissa Rubel cleverly uses chicken sausage here: removing the casings, shaping the meat into balls, browning them and simmering them in chicken broth. If you have leftover cooked rice on hand, feel free to substitute it for the orzo...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 cup orzo

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1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

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1 pound fresh chicken sausage, such as sweet Italian casings discarded and meat rolled into twenty 1-inch meatballs

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1 garlic clove, very finely chopped

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6 cups low-sodium chicken broth

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Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

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1 5-ounce bag baby spinach (5 cups)

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