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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 20 minute mediterranean-inspired shrimp with tomatoes & capers for 2 using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make 20 Minute Mediterranean-Inspired Shrimp with Tomatoes & Capers for 2:
- Get 1 Tablespoon butter + 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- Prepare 1/2 a small onion, minced
- Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Take 10 oz. basket of grape or cherry tomatoes
- Take 1 Tablespoon capers
- Get 1.5 Tablespoons caper brine
- Make ready zest of 1/2 a small lemon
- Make ready 1/3 cup unsalted chicken stock
- Get 1/2-1 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
- Get 1 +1/4 pounds shrimp
- Prepare optional: 1 Tablespoon chopped parsley
- Take optional: 3 or 4 lemon wedges if you like a little fresh lemon juice on your shrimp before you dig in (I do. :) )
Instructions to make 20 Minute Mediterranean-Inspired Shrimp with Tomatoes & Capers for 2:
- In a large pan or pot, melt the butter with the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until the onions turn translucent.
- Turn the heat to medium high, add the tomatoes, capers, caper brine, and lemon zest, give it 2 or 3 good stirs to distribute the ingredients, and let the tomatoes cook until you hear 3 or 4 of them pop. Mash or pierce the tomatoes with a potato masher or a large fork at this point, then add the chicken stock and chili flakes and stir to redistribute the ingredients again.
- Let the resulting sauce come to an active simmer for 2 or 3 minutes, then add the shrimp, gently fold to cover in sauce, and let the shrimp cook undisturbed for 3 or 4 minutes until the bottom side of the shrimp have turned orange and opaque. (Shrimp without shells will take a little less time to cook.) Give the sauce a taste at this point and adjust the salt if needed.
- Gently fold again to flip and redistribute the shrimp and let them continue to cook for another 3 to 4 minutes or so on the other side or just until all the shrimp have turned orange and opaque on both sides.
- Sprinkle with fresh parsley, serve lemon wedges on the side, and enjoy with crusty bread or 2 servings of al dente pasta tossed into the sauce.
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