Easy Winter Recipe: Shrimp and Vegetable Stew

Entry #3266, February 16, 2014

Here is a savory dish that is minimal fuss one-pot meal that can be enjoyed during busy weekdays or lazy holidays. This easy winter recipe is especially great for busy parents who do not have much time often to make a grand dinner.

Easy Winter Recipe: Shrimp and Vegetable Stew

Serve with a slice of bread.

Image via: The New Yorker

Ingredients

This preparation can be served to 4 persons

•    Peeled and deveined medium-sized shrimps (1 pound)
•    Kale with stems removed and leaves roughly chopped (1 bunch)
•    Roughly chopped canned whole plum tomatoes (1 cup) and juice from the can (½ cup)
•    Peeled russet potatoes that are cut into 1-inch chunks (1 pound)
•    Sliced Spanish chorizo with casings removed (4 ounces)
•    1 diced Spanish onion
•    Dried thyme (¼ teaspoon)
•    2 bay leaves
•    Dried oregano (¼ teaspoon)
•    Hot or sweet smoked paprika (2 teaspoons)
•    Smashed garlic (4 cloves)
•    Extra-virgin olive oil (¼ cup)
•    Kosher salt

It is a delicious and healthy meal.

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Preparation

•    Pour the olive oil in a small Dutch oven while keep the heat in the medium level. Add smashed garlic and diced onion to it and cook about 15 minutes. It is done when they turn golden brown.
•    Add paprika, sliced chorizo, and one-teaspoon salt into it and cook for 2 minutes until the oil turns deep red in color.
•    Now, add chopped tomatoes, oregano, thyme, and bay leaves one by one and cook for one minute.
•    Pour two cups of water into the mixture. After that, add potato chunks, the tomato juice, and one-teaspoon salt one after the other.
•    Reduce the heat after it is boiled. Simmer for 15 minutes until the potatoes are tender. Add kale and cook for nearly 10 more minutes so that it also becomes tender.
•    Now, stir in the shrimps and simmer for 3 minutes, just until they bend down and turn pink.
•    Discard the bay leaves and serve your stew hot!

Serve right away, with cooking juices coursed over top. This easy winter recipe can be enjoyed with bread. In fact, taking small bites of bread dipped into the stew juice will give you a heavenly feeling

Tips

A few tweaks can make the recipe yummier.

•    If you want more broth and lot of flavor, double the liquid with vegetable and chicken stock and add celery.
•    To make it spicier, add cayenne and thickened sauce a bit with a flour roux. Finally, serve with some freshly chopped parsley and squirted fresh lemon juice over the top.

What easy winter recipe do you love this time of year?

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