How to Make Yummy Orzo pasta with shrimp

Orzo pasta with shrimp. Diced tomatoes (yes, out of a can) combined with lots of garlic; shallots; white wine and lemon juice makes a simple sauce in which the shrimp bathes. And just as you expect of pasta, here orzo serves as the perfect bed for the glorious shrimp. The universal appeal of shrimp scampi, frankly, isn't the shrimp but the pan sauce: garlicky butter lightened with white wine and bursts of lemon, parsley and red-pepper flakes.

Yes, it really comes together in a single pot. Even the uncooked orzo gets cooked right in there! Stir in tomatoes, peas, lemon juice and shrimp. You can cook Orzo pasta with shrimp using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Orzo pasta with shrimp

1. Prepare 1 bag of frozen shrimp, defrosted and cleaned.
2. It's 1.5 cups of orzo pasta.
3. It's 1 of small can of tomatoes, I used chipotle seasoned.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of frozen peas, defrosted.
5. You need 1 of lemon juice.
6. Prepare 1 of chopped shallot.
7. It's 1.5 cups of chicken broth.
8. You need 1.5 cups of water.
9. You need of Olive oil.
10. Prepare of Grated parmesan.
11. Prepare of Marinating shrimp:.
12. It's 1 tbsp of garlic podwer.
13. You need 2 tbsp of cumin powder.
14. It's 1 tbsp of red chilli powder.
15. It's of Juice of 1 lime.
16. Prepare of Salt.

My kids love Pasta and Broccoli, sometimes I make it as a main dish, but also makes a great side dish using any small pasta shape like orzo or ditalini which worked great in this. Have you tried shrimp with orzo before? Just one pot of pure comfort food. Well, it's a fast cooking kind of pasta.

Orzo pasta with shrimp step by step

1. Marinate the shrimp with the spices above mentioned in a bowl..
2. Take a wide bottomed pan, add olive oil, fry the chopped shallots and garlic until brown..
3. Add the uncooked orzo and fry till few of them turn little brown..
4. Add the broth and water,peas to the pan and bring it to boil.once it comes to boil, simmer it and cook it covered for 10 to 12 minutes..
5. Once the orzo is cooked, add the tomatoes and mix well..
6. Cook for few minutes and set a side. Mix in the lemon juice..
7. In a separate pan, cooked the shrimp with little oil, let all the water evaporate and cook however you like. If you like juicy, I suggest cooking for 5to6 mins after the water evaporates..
8. Once shrimp is cooked., arrange them on top of the orzo pasta in a bowl.
9. If you like, u can add bacon crumbles too..

It looks like rice, but it's not. I have been cooking shrimp with orzo for years. Shrimp scampi, creamy pesto shrimp, shrimp Alfredo—these pasta dishes are sure to impress. You can use frozen or fresh shrimp and any pasta shape you like. Add orzo pasta and cook according to package directions.