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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Bring 3 quarts water to boil in a large saucepan. | 2. Add orzo and 1 teaspoon salt and cook over medium heat until just tender, about 10 minutes. | 3. Drain and toss with lemon zest, lemon juice, 1 tablespoon mint, 1 tablespoon dill, half of garlic, and 2 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper to taste. | 4. Meanwhile, mash bread with yogurt in bowl until smooth. | 5. Add beef, onion, remaining garlic, mint, and dill, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. | 6. Form mixture into 1 1/2 inch balls (you should have 24). | 7. Heat remaining 1/4 cup oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over med-high heat until just smoking. | 8. Add meatballs and cook gently, shaking pan and turning meatballs with tongs, until browned on all sides and cooked through, about 7 minutes. | 9. Spoon orzo onto serving platter, top with meatballs, and sprinkle with feta; serve. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
orzo pasta	1 1/3	1/3		-	-	-	-
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
lemon zest	1	teaspoon	grated	-	-	-	-
lemon juice	1	tablespoon		3.355	1.0523	0.0534	0.0366
mint	2	tablespoons	chopped	5.016	0.9587	0.3751	0.0832
dill	2	tablespoons	chopped	40.26	7.2824	2.1094	1.9193
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
olive oil	1/4	cup		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
hearty sandwich bread	2	slices		-	-	-	-
plain yogurt	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
beef	1 1/2	1/2	ground lean	795.6018	0.0	156.8764	18.292
red onion	1		grated	-	-	-	-
feta cheese	2	ounces	crumbled	149.688	2.319	8.0571	12.0658

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.