This is one my favorite dishes. This is a family recipe. My mom and grandma taught me how to make this. I changed it a little bit by adding peas. I'm always adding veggies to everything! I hope I do my mommy and grandma proud.
Whenever I have this dish, it reminds me of being a kid. It's my comfort food. I have a lot of comfort foods, but this is something that I make at least once a month. What's best about this dish is that it tastes better the next day. All of the flavors of the meld together.
This is they type of recipe that you can add anything you want to it and make it your own. My mom sometimes adds bay scallops. I've been known to add mussels. Go crazy!
1 large onion, chopped medium pieces about 1/2 inch
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 jar of your favorite tomato sauce
3 cups of cooked rice (see note)
2 tablespoons EVOO
Salt
Pepper
1 cup of frozen peas
2. Add the shrimp and cook for about a minute. Keep stirring the shrimp. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper. Keep stirring. Just before the shrimp turn pink add in your pasta sauce and stir. You want to taste the sauce to make sure that there is enough salt and pepper. Add them if you need to.
3. Add in the frozen peas. When the frozen peas are warmed through, the shrimp should be done. You can tell if the shrimp are firm. You can always cut one open and check. Pour the shrimp mixture over the cooked rice. Stir the rice and shrimp mixture together.
This makes 4-6 servings. Serve with a simple side for a complete meal.
Note: save the scales and head in a container and place in your freezer. You can make your own seafood stock for soups like clam chowder and so forth.
Whenever I have this dish, it reminds me of being a kid. It's my comfort food. I have a lot of comfort foods, but this is something that I make at least once a month. What's best about this dish is that it tastes better the next day. All of the flavors of the meld together.
This is they type of recipe that you can add anything you want to it and make it your own. My mom sometimes adds bay scallops. I've been known to add mussels. Go crazy!
What you need
1 pound of medium shrimp, peeled and deveined (see note)1 large onion, chopped medium pieces about 1/2 inch
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 jar of your favorite tomato sauce
3 cups of cooked rice (see note)
2 tablespoons EVOO
Salt
Pepper
1 cup of frozen peas
What to do
1. Heat skillet on medium heat. Add oil and when the oil is heated, add onions and sweat the onions. Sweating onions, means waiting until you see little beads of moisture on the onions. They will still be crunchy. It should take about 2 to 3 minutes for the onions to sweat.2. Add the shrimp and cook for about a minute. Keep stirring the shrimp. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper. Keep stirring. Just before the shrimp turn pink add in your pasta sauce and stir. You want to taste the sauce to make sure that there is enough salt and pepper. Add them if you need to.
3. Add in the frozen peas. When the frozen peas are warmed through, the shrimp should be done. You can tell if the shrimp are firm. You can always cut one open and check. Pour the shrimp mixture over the cooked rice. Stir the rice and shrimp mixture together.
This makes 4-6 servings. Serve with a simple side for a complete meal.
Note: save the scales and head in a container and place in your freezer. You can make your own seafood stock for soups like clam chowder and so forth.
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