Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner
You’re wanting to cook up a real nice supper but you don’t even have time to stop at the store and you are running behind. So, you are going to have to go with whatever you have on hand. This Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner would solve it for you. You always have frozen shrimp in the freezer along with chicken tenders, salmon fillets, etc., etc. You also need to come up with a veggie and a carb. There are always potatoes and onions around and always a few different veggies in the freezer. Yeah, yeah, it’s all starting to take shape. You’re done scratching your head and you get started on your Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner.
“The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude”. – Julia Child
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 12 large shrimp
- 1 lemon
- 4 small potatoes or 2 medium size
- Salt and pepper
- 1 large onion
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 Roma Tomato
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper – optional
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil- optional
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder – optional
Here is how to throw together your Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner
The potatoes are going to take the longest, so put a large skillet on with a couple of swirls of olive oil. Cut up the potatoes into thick slices and add them to the pan. Salt and pepper them then toss them a couple of times to get them coated.
Defrost the shrimp in the microwave then peel and devein them if neccisary. Squeeze the juice from 1/2 fresh lemon on them and one egg. Mix it all up with a fork and let it rest a little.
Cut up the onion and add it and the broccoli to the potato pan.
Toss it all together and toss a few more times as they cook.
Put a skillet that is large enough to handle the shrimp when you lay them flat in it to fry. Set the burner at medium high. Add enough olive oil to get about 1/4″ deep. Put the flour in a bowl to dredge the shrimp in and add salt and pepper. Now you can let your creative juices run wild. Today I added garlic powder, dried basil, cayenne pepper and grated parmesan cheese to the flour. Stir it all together.
Dredge the shrimp in the flour mix and lay them out flat in the pan. Give them just about a minute to a minute and a half a side depending on the size. Remove them to a paper towel to drain the oil off.
We had one Roma tomato in the fridge so on a whim I diced it up and added it to the veggies. And as always when sautéing vegetables I squeeze some lemon juice on them and drop the rind in too.
Toss the veggies all together and cook them up a little more.
Serve up your Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner.
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Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner
Ingredients
- 12 large large shrimp peeled and deveined
- 4 small potatoes or 2 medium
- salt and pepper
- 1 large onion cut into strips
- 2 cups broccoli florets or lima beans or peas etc., etc.
- 1 roma tomato diced
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
- The potatoes are going to take the longest so you put a large skillet on with a couple of swirls of extra virgin olive. Cut up the potatoes into thick slices and add them to the pan. Salt and pepper them then toss them a couple of times to get them coated.
- Defrost the shrimp in the microwave then peel and devein them. Squeeze the juice from 1/2 fresh lemon on them and one egg. Mix it all up with a fork and let it rest a little.
- Cut up the onion and add it and the broccoli to the potato pan. Toss it all together and toss a few more times as they cook.
- Put a skillet that is just large enough to handle the shrimp when you are going to lay them flat in it to fry. Set the burner at medium high. Add enough olive oil to get 1/4 " deep. Put the flour in a bowl to dredge the shrimp in and add salt and pepper. Now you can let your creative juices run wild. Today I added garlic powder, dried basil, cayenne pepper and grated parmesan cheese to the flour. But, you jazz it up any way you want. BTW just salt and pepper will work just fine. Dredge the shrimp in the flour mix and lay them out flat in the pan. Give them just 30 seconds a side and remove them to a paper towel to drain the oil off.
- We had one Roma tomato in the fridge so on a whim I diced it up and added it to the veggies. And as always when sautéing vegetables I squeeze some lemon juice on them and drop the rind in too. Toss the veggies all together and cook them up a little more until they are ready.
- Serve up your Quick and Easy Weeknight Shrimp
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