Orzo With Feta, Green Beans, And Tomatoes

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 10 ounces french haricots vert or 10 ounces green beans
• 1 cup orzo pasta, rice-shaped pasta
• 1 medium onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 medium vine-ripened tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 cup crumbled feta

Recipe

• 1 fill a 4-quart pot three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil for beans and orzo.
• 2 chop onion and mince garlic.
• 3 quarter and seed tomatoes.
• 4 cut quarters lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• 5 trim beans and cut into 1-inch pieces.
• 6 in a large skillet cook onion and garlic in oil over moderate heat until onion is softened.
• 7 add tomatoes and cook, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, about 2 minutes.
• 8 remove skillet from heat.
• 9 have ready a bowl of ice and cold water.
• 10 in boiling salted water blanch beans 1 minute.
• 11 with a slotted spoon transfer beans to ice water to stop cooking.
• 12 drain beans well in a colander and pat dry.
• 13 add beans to tomato mixture and return water in pot to a boil.
• 14 boil orzo until al dente and drain in colander.
• 15 add orzo to bean mixture with vinegar, parsley, feta, and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine well.