ONE-PAN VODKA ORZO WITH SHRIMP & SPINACH
My ONE-PAN VODKA ORZO WITH SHRIMP & SPINACH is irresistible!! Cooking the pasta in the sauce helps thicken the sauce so you need less cream I added 1/2 cup of cream for the entire dish, but 1/4 cup would have worked. My daughter was away so I thought we’d have leftovers, but my son ate at least half!!
Ingredients:
-22 cleaned and peeled shrimp (I left the tail on, but you don’t have too)
-1.5 tbsp olive oil
-1 tsp salt
-1/4 tsp pepper
-4 ounces diced pancetta or bacon
-1 or 2 tbsp Calabrian chili pepper
-1/4 cup vodka
-2 large shallots sliced thin
-24 ounce tomato puree
-2 cups chicken broth
-1.5 cups orzo
-1/2 cup heavy cream
-1/4 cup grated parmigiano reggiano
-12 fresh basil leaves
-9 ounces fresh spinach
-Add shrimp to a large bowl, season with 1/4 tsp salt and pepper.
-Add olive oil to a large pan. Heat to medium-high, add shrimp and cook for 2 minutes on each side.
-Remove shrimp from the pan, lower heat to medium and add pancetta and shallots. Let cook for 3 minutes, then add Calabrian chili pepper, remaining salt and vodka. Let that cook for another 3 minutes to let the alcohol cook off.
-Add tomato puree PLUS 12 ounces of water. Give it all a good stir and let it simmer for 12 minutes. Be sure to stir occasionally and adjust heat so that it doesn’t spit at you.
-Stir in chicken stock, raise heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Add orzo and cook until al dente (about 8 minutes). Continue to stir orzo as it cooks so that it doesn’t still to the bottom of the pan.
-Once the orzo is cooked, reduce the heat to medium, and stir in basil and spinach. Once the basil and spinach have wilted, mix in cream and grated parm.
-Add back the shrimp, toss to coat and to warm then serve and dive in!!
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