It’s been almost seven months since my last posting, but what a time it was! I worked hard to complete my bachelor’s degree, then took some long-overdue time off to celebrate my accomplishment and the holiday season. While I was away, I kept receiving very warm and supportive notes from friends encouraging me and hopeful I would come back and start these postings once again. To all of you who reached out, thank you so very much – it means more to me than you realize.
As some folks like to say, “New Year – New Beginnings”. Well, this is more like “New Year – New Recipes”. And to start things off, we have a delightfully easy dish to make called Shrimp Monterey. It has a handful of ingredients, many of which you can adjust to your tastes (be sure to check the notes at the end of the recipe card), and takes only a few minutes to whip together. The basic dish is cooked shrimp in a light sauce and covered with Monterey Jack cheese (that’s where the “Monterey” comes from).
Adapted from Taste of Home
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Shrimp Monterey
Description
An easy dish that has plenty of ways to customize it to suit your tastes.
Adapted from Taste of Home
Ingredients
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 F.
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In a large saucepan or skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add shrimp and garlic, and cook until shrimp just turn pink (3-5 minutes). Remove shrimp from skillet using a slotted spoon and place in an 11 x 7 baking dish. Retain liquid in the skillet.
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Add wine or chicken broth to the liquid in the skillet, bring to a boil, and cook until liquid is reduced by half. Add whipping cream if desired and stir 1-2 minutes until warmed (do not let it boil or the cream will curdle). Pour mixture over shrimp, mixing to coat thoroughly.
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Top shrimp with cheese and parsley, and bake uncovered 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbling. Remove from oven and serve as-is or over linguine or rice.
Servings 6
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 432kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 21.7g34%
- Saturated Fat 12.7g64%
- Cholesterol 376mg126%
- Sodium 608mg26%
- Potassium 466mg14%
- Total Carbohydrate 5.6g2%
- Dietary Fiber 0.4g2%
- Sugars 1.2g
- Protein 45.3g91%
- Calcium 33 mg
- Iron 12 mg
- Vitamin D 720 IU
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Notes
- Options (all included in the recipe photo):
- Sliced mushrooms
- If a creamy sauce is desired, add whipping cream
- Can be served as-is or over cooked linguine or rice
- Nutritional information assumes wine, mushrooms, and whipping cream are used, and does not include linguine or rice.
- Original recipe called for 1/2 cup of wine or chicken broth; comments indicated this resulted in too little sauce when served over linguine or rice, so this quantity was doubled.