Garlic Shrimp Orzo with Lemon from Vicki Delany

I found the flavour of lemon in this recipe to be too strong, although the dish was delicious.  The lemons I used were very big, so perhaps they were too large. Next time, I’ll cut the amount of lemon.  Obviously, tastes vary.

The recipe calls for Orzo, but I didn’t have quite enough. Any rice-sized pasta will do fine.

This recipe is very quick and easy.  Enjoy.

Garlic Shrimp Orzo with Lemon

Ingredients:

1 cup orzo (or other rice sized) pasta

2 tbsp vegetable oil

4 cloves garlic, chopped

¼ tsp red chili flakes

¾ lb shrimp, any size, peeled. Thaw if frozen.

Zest and juice of two lemons

2 tbsp olive oil

1 bunch fresh dill, chopped

4 green onions, thinly sliced

Directions:

Cook pasta according to package directions.

Add vegetable oil to large saucepan and heat on medium.  Add garlic and chilli flakes. Sauté for about 30 seconds, stirring continuously. Add peeled shrimp and cook about 5 minutes.  

Drain pasta and stir it into the pan containing the shrimp.  Toss with lemon zest, juice, olive oil, dill and green onions.

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