Pan Seared Shrimp

Tonight we tried the Pan Seared Shrimp found on page 83 of Cooking for Two. We found this spicy dish to be very delicious, and would definitely make it again. We followed the cooking instructions exactly and made only these minor changes to the recipe:

- No avocado

- 1 teaspoon chipotle chile (recipe calls for 1/2 - 1 tsp)

- We didn't have limes to add to the rice, but instead used lime juice.

Preparation time for the dish was around 30 minutes. The measuring spoons got a great deal of use, and washing them slowed down prep time a bit. The actual cooking time was only around 5 minutes, so if you measure out all of the ingredients ahead of time this can be a quick meal when you actually want to eat. For this reason the dish also lends itself well to being a tasty appetizer.

The chipotle chile was quite spicy, but added a wonderful flavor to this dish. Although the book doesn't call for it, a side dish of a vegetable (green beans in our case) could help to break up the spicy flavor.

In all this was a great meal and I would highly recommend trying it!

Recipe from: America's Test Kitchen (Eds.). Cooking for Two: 2009, The Year's Best Recipes Cut Down to Size, 83-5.