Shrimp with Minty Couscous Salad

Name: Shrimp with Minty Couscous Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 355 milliliters canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock; 237 milliliters couscous; 118 milliliters chopped fresh mint; 4 servings Fresh-ground black pepper; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 5 Tbsps olive oil; 237 milliliters frozen petite peas, thawed; 2 teaspoons salt; 454 grams shrimp, shelled; 1 large tomato, cut into small dice

Shrimp with Minty Couscous Salad might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 476 calories, 32g of protein, and 20g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have shrimp, couscous, salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a medium saucepan, bring the broth and 1 teaspoon of the salt to a boil. Stir in the couscous. Cover, remove from the heat, and let stand 5 minutes.

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Couscous

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Transfer to a large bowl and let cool.

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Add the tomato, peas, mint, 4 tablespoons of the oil, the lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to the couscous.

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Couscous

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Tomato

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Cooking Oil

In a large nonstick frying pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over moderately high heat.

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Add the shrimp, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook turning, until just done, about 3 minutes in all.

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Pepper

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Salt

Serve the couscous salad topped with the shrimp.

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Couscous

Shrimp

Variation: Replace the shrimp with sea scallops. Cook the scallops in the same way and for about the same length of time, until they just turn opaque.

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Scallops

Shrimp

Wine Recommendation: Mint is one of those ingredients that can be tricky to pair with wine, but sauvignon blanc handles it well. The wine also marries beautifully with shrimp and peas. Choose one from either Alto Adige or Friuli, both in northeastern Italy.

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Sauvignon Blanc

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Mint

Peas

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Servings:

355milliliters

canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock 237milliliters

couscous 118milliliters

chopped fresh mint 4servings

Fresh-ground black pepper 2Tbsps

lemon juice 5Tbsps

olive oil 237milliliters

frozen petite peas, thawed 2teaspoons

salt 454grams

shrimp, shelled 1large

tomato, cut into small dice

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Grigio, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc are my top picks for Shrimp. These crisp white wines work well with shrimp prepared in a variety of ways, whether grilled, fried, or in garlic sauce. You could try Zind-Humbrecht Calcaire Pinot Gris. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 46 dollars per bottle.