Shrimp Risotto Recipe

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This colorful main dish will make family meals seem a little more elegant. It comes together so quickly, it’s just right for a warming weeknight supper. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Shrimp Risotto Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 4 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

1 small onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1-3/4 cups uncooked instant rice
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
1 pound peeled and deveined cooked medium shrimp
2 cups fresh baby spinach, coarsely chopped
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
1 plum tomato, chopped
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the rice, garlic, basil and pepper; cook 2 minutes longer. Stir in one can of broth. Cook and stir until most of the liquid is absorbed.
Add the remaining broth, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring constantly. Allow the liquid to absorb between additions. Cook until risotto is creamy and rice is tender.
Add the remaining ingredients; cook and stir until spinach is wilted and shrimp are heated through. Yield: 4 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1-1/3 cups equals 420 calories, 10 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 197 mg cholesterol, 1,196 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 32 g protein.

Originally published as Shrimp Risotto in Simple & Delicious February/March 2011, p9

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