"Boursin" Style Orzo & Chicken Sausage Bake
Stacey Hawkins
Main Dish
Recipe Description: Creamy Boursin-Style Chicken Sausage Bake
Looking for a rich, cozy, crowd-pleasing dinner that doesn’t require a ton of effort—or a fancy cheese budget? This Creamy Boursin-Style Chicken Sausage Bake has all the indulgent flavor of your favorite herbed cheese spread, without the price tag or the hassle.
Loaded with juicy chicken sausage, creamy cheese, tender orzo pasta, cherry tomatoes, and baby spinach, this one-pan dump-and-bake meal comes together with zero chopping, zero pre-cooking, and just 30 minutes in the oven.
It’s the ultimate comfort food shortcut:
✔️ One pan
✔️ Budget-friendly
✔️ Totally customizable (apple chicken sausage? yes. kielbasa? also yes.)
✔️ And made even better with a few Stacey Hawkins flavor hacks + seasonings to take it from good to WOW.
Savory, creamy, herb-y, and ridiculously easy, this is the kind of recipe you’ll come back to week after week.
Spoiler alert: it’s even better the next day. (If there is a next day.)
Ingredients
1 pound orzo pasta
12 ounces cooked chicken sausage, any style, cut into 1” chunks
2 C baby spinach
2 C cherry tomatoes
5 ounces cream cheese
2 ¾ C chicken broth
1 T Stacey Hawkins Garlic Gusto Seasoning
1 T Stacey Hawkins Roasted Garlic Oil
1 tsp Stacey Hawkins Dash of Desperation Seasoning
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Add the uncooked orzo, sausage, tomatoes and spinach to a 9 x 13 casserole dish.
Chop the cream cheese up into 6-8 pieces and scatter around the dish. Mix the broth, oil, and seasonings together in a mixing cup. Pour over chicken. Sprinkle with Dash of Desperation, Bake for 30-40 minutes (until the orzo is cooked the way you like), mix & enjoy!
