quote:Originally posted by wtg:quote:Originally posted by dolmansaxlil:
A simple one pan weeknight meal. It’s from a Martha Stewart recipe book called One Pot. We had it with a green salad with a simple vinaigrette.
Skillet Shrimp and Orzo
Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
6 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups halved grape tomatoes (about 1 pound)
Coarse salt and ground pepper
3/4 pound orzo
3 1/4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, with rack in top position. In a large broilerproof skillet, heat 5 teaspoons oil over medium. Add garlic and cook until just beginning to brown, 1 minute. Increase heat to high and add tomatoes; season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 6 minutes. Add orzo and broth and bring to a simmer. Cover, transfer to oven, and bake until liquid is mostly absorbed, 10 to 12 minutes.
Step 2
Toss shrimp with 1 teaspoon oil and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Remove skillet from oven and place shrimp on top of orzo. Heat broiler. Broil until shrimp are opaque throughout, 4 minutes. Sprinkle with basil and serve.
I made this today and we both really liked it. I did a few riffs, well, just because.
1. I can't do a lot of garlic, so I used a small onion, chopped, instead.
2. I had purchased some of Steve's Better Than Bouillon Lobster Base, so I used some of that to make 3 1/4 cups of water into lobster stock. Very nice!
3. I chopped up one huge leaf of bok choy and threw it in with the tomatoes when they were cooking. We had a ton of ripe little tomatoes that we harvested from the garden a few weeks ago. Delish.
4. Didn't broil the shrimp, instead I tossed it into the pan after the initial oven bake and stirred it in to the hot orzo/tomatoes/etc. Stuck the pan back in the oven for a few minutes while the shrimp cooked.
5. Didn't have any basil, but did have some basil pesto in the freezer. A dollop or two on top of each serving worked well.
6. Also added a sprinkling of crumbled feta. Added a nice touch.
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quote:Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Vinegar Chicken With Crushed Olive Dressing
https://www.alisoneroman.com/r...ushed-olive-dressing
With herbed angel hair as the side. Chicken is in the oven.
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quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:quote:Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Vinegar Chicken With Crushed Olive Dressing
https://www.alisoneroman.com/r...ushed-olive-dressing
With herbed angel hair as the side. Chicken is in the oven.
Yowza!![]()
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"A mob is a place where people go to get away from their conscience" Atticus Finch
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"Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson