Orzo is a potential solution to rice sugar crash

I love rice dishes so much but I’m finally to the age that I would food crash because of rice. I was sad for a few years. But recently I found orzo (rice shaped pasta) is a great alternative! I have tried 炊き込みご飯 , gyudon, and fried rice. They all worked great.

I think replacing rice with orzo will be doable in hayashi rice, curry, and sushi as well. Thicker sauce may work better covering the orzo grains.

So for 炊き込みご飯 here’s the recipe:

• Barilla is my go to brand. Use 1/3 cup orzo and 1/2 cup of liquid.

• Liquid: 1 TSP soy sauce, 1 TSP cooking wine, 2 TSP mirlin Filled to 1/2 cup with water

• cook orzo, liquid, your favorite veggies and protein all together in one pot in medium fire until all the liquid gone and protein cooked.