Shrimp risotto

 

Why didn't anyone tell us how crazy delicious and creamy risotto is? Why didn't anyone bellow from the rooftops that risotto isn't very difficult but the payoff is worth any amount of carpel tunnel you might suffer from stirring? We've had risotto before, sure. But we just, for the first time a few weeks ago, made it--the real stuff (no shortcuts)--ourselves.

We were blown away. We can't stop with the risotto. We make it with shrimp, we make it with chicken. We make it meatless. We love it any which way. And we bet you do too. 

We haven't gone wrong with this version yet.

Rating: 1/2 assed (there's a fair amount of stirring, but you know how to stir, right? Right!?)

Here's what you need and how you do it

4 Tablespoons butter or margarine

2 cups Arborio rice

1/3 cup onion, minced

2/3 cup dry white wine (Chardonnay works well)

4 cups chicken or veggie broth

1 cup grated parmesan cheese

2 cups shrimp, peeled, deveined

In a large saucepan, melt butter. When it foams, add onion and sauté over medium heat until onion is transparent. Stir in rice, coat with butter. Add wine and stir until wine is absorbed. Add enough broth to just barely cover rice. Cook and stir until broth is absorbed. Continue to add broth a little at a time and cook in this manner. Add water (or more broth, if rice is still not quite tender) and cook and stir a little more. This whole process should take about 30 minutes depending on your cooktop.

Remove from heat and stir in cheese and shrimp (we used pre-cooked, frozen and then thawed shrimp. If you have fresh, sauté in olive oil until pink and then add to risotto).

Cook for about five more minutes, until shrimp is heated through.

Serves 4.

Would go well with Spinach Apple Salad.

For a printable version of this recipe, click here.

Comments

[Soup Recipes]

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[Calamity Anne]

It's been years since I've made risotto from scratch...and man was it labor intensive! I've just printed out your recipe...can't wait to try it in the coming days!

[Meredith]

Could this possibly work with couscous instead?

[All Adither]

Hmmm. Well, I would prepare the couscous per coucous package directions. It wouldn't end up creamy like the arborio rice. But it would probably still be pretty decent if you just tossed shrimp in with it.

[MommyTime]

This sounds magnificent. My son adores shrimp, and we're always looking for new shrimp recipes. It's been ages since I made risotto. Many thanks for the reminder. One question: how did you cook the shrimp before stirring them in? Sautee? Steam? Boil?

[Calamity Anne]

Quick question...you say to add the shrimp at the end. Is the shrimp already cooked? If not, do you put the rice back on the heat to cook the shrimp though, and for how long? Thanks!

[Half Assed Kitchen]

So sorry for the confusion. We used pre-cooked/frozen shrimp that we thawed. We added it at the end and cooked for about five minutes (until heated through).

[Carol]

I made this last night and my son couldn't stay out of it. :) It was fantastic and will become a staple in our house. Thanks!