Buffalo Chicken and Tomato, Onion and Spinach Orzo

So, this is another one of those "clean out the pantry" recipes. I needed a side to make with the Buffalo Chicken we were having (recipe below) and I didn't really have ANYTHING....so I made something up and it was a huge hit. Mike and the kids LOVED it!


Tomato, Onion and Spinach Orzo

1 box Orzo pasta
1 small yellow onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 large handfuls spinach, coarsely chopped
1 can Rotel, drained
Feta Cheese
Beef Broth
Pepper

Boil Orzo in heavily salted water. (Salting the crap out of the water is what makes it so delish!) Saute onion and garlic in a small amount of olive oil until soft and fragrant. Add cooked orzo, spinach, Rotel and Feta (just as much Feta as you want). Stir and bring pasta back to heat while lettting spinach wilt a bit. Add a splash of beef broth just to moisten. Add pepper and serve.


Buffalo Chicken

1 package chicken quarters
1 jar Lawry's Buffalo Marinade

Marinate Chicken quarters in a large Ziploc bag with entire jar of Buffalo marinade for several hours (or all day, or overnight...whatever you feel like). Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place chicken quarters in 9X13 baking dish and pour remaining marinade over chicken. Cook for 30 minutes. Embarrassingly easy and DELISH!! (and cheap too!)

Heres what the jar looks like!