Colorful Garlic Orzo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth
2 cups orzo pasta
1 1/2 pounds lean ground turkey
4 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
4 cups fresh spinach leaves
4 cups frozen broccoli florets
1 pint cherry tomatoes
2/3 cup frozen peas
2/3 cup frozen carrots
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

Bring chicken broth to a boil. Cook orzo in the boiling broth, stirring occasionally, until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat; do not drain.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir turkey in the hot skillet until crumbly and evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Stir garlic and red pepper flakes into turkey; cook for 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium. Add spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, peas, carrots, orzo, and broth to the turkey mixture and cook, stirring often, until spinach is wilted and tomatoes begin to split, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.