Easy Pumpkin Orzo Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 28 ounces chicken broth (or veg broth)
• 1/2 cup uncooked orzo pasta (or wild rice)
• 1 1/2 cups cream (or whole milk)
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan melt butter a medium heat. add onion and garlic , and cook until tender.
• 2 stir in red pepper and cook for about a minute more.
• 3 add broth and bring to a boil.
• 4 add orzo (or rice).
• 5 reduce heat and simmer covered for 10 minutes (orzo) or 40 minutes (wild rice).
• 6 combine dairy and flour in a tupperware container. close the lid and shake briskly to reduce lumps.
• 7 stir into orzo mixture and cook until slightly thickened and bubbly.
• 8 stir in pumpkin, heat through.