Lemony Shrimp Risotto

Lemony Shrimp Risotto

#Eat First #Seafood #Italian #Comfort Food

🥘 Ingredients

  • arborio rice
    ½ cup
  • black pepper
    ½ tsp, ½ tsp, ½ tsp
  • butter
    1 tbsp
  • chicken stock concentrate
    1 unit
  • garlic
    4 cloves
  • lemon
    1 unit
  • olive oil
    1 tbsp
  • parmesan cheese
    ¼ cup
  • salt
    3 tsp
  • shrimp
    10 oz
  • thyme
    2 bunch
  • water
  • yellow onion
    ½ unit, ½ unit
  • zucchini
    3 unit

🍳 Cookware

  • small pot
  • baking sheet
  • large pan
  • small pot
  • large pan
  • large pan
  1. 1
    Wash and dry all produce. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Add chicken stock concentrate and 4 cups water to a small pot and bring to a simmer over low heat. Halve, peel, and finely dice yellow onion . Cut zucchini into ½-inch cubes. Mince or grate garlic . Zest lemon until you have ½ tsp zest, then cut into halves.
    chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, water, yellow onion: ½ unit, zucchini: 1 unit, garlic: 2 cloves, lemon: 1 unit
  2. 2
    Toss zucchini on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt and black pepper . Roast in oven until tender and lightly browned ⏱️ 20 minutes , tossing halfway through.
    zucchini: 1 unit, olive oil: 1 tbsp, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: ½ tsp
  3. 3
    Meanwhile, melt butter in a large pan over medium heat. Add yellow onion and garlic and cook, tossing, until softened ⏱️ 5 minutes . Season with salt and black pepper . Add arborio rice and toss until grains are translucent ⏱️ 1 minute . Add entire bunch of thyme to pan.
    butter: 1 tbsp, yellow onion: ½ unit, garlic: 2 cloves, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: ½ tsp, arborio rice: ½ cup, thyme: 1 bunch
  4. 4
    Stir stock from small pot into large pan ½ cup at a time, stirring after each addition. Allow rice to absorb most of the stock before adding more. Continue until all stock is used and rice is nearly al dente ⏱️ 25 minutes . Risotto should be thick but not stiff and grains should have a little bite to them. Remove and discard thyme (some leaves will have fallen off).
    thyme: 1 bunch
  5. 5
    Stir shrimp and parmesan cheese into risotto in large pan . Cook until shrimp is completely opaque ⏱️ 5 minutes . Stir in reserved lemon zest and a few squeezes of lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and black pepper .
    shrimp: 10 oz, parmesan cheese: ¼ cup, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: ½ tsp
  6. 6
    Divide risotto between bowls. Top with roasted zucchini and serve.
    zucchini: 1 unit