If you want, just dump everything but the salt and pepper in a saucepan, bring to a boil, stir, put the cover on and lower the heat to a very low simmer. (He even says turn the heat off, and then let sit for 15 minutes, fluffing with a fork every 5 minutes.) Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.

What I did: heat the oil in a rice cooker and saute the rice and orzo,t then add the rest of the ingredients and restart the rice cooker.