Shrimps with orzo, ouzo and feta cheese
Shrimps with orzo, ouzo and feta cheese

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Arrange orzo mixture in prepared dish. Stir the reserved shrimp and accumulated juices and ouzo into the skillet. Ignite the ouzo and shake the skillet until the flames subside.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shrimps with orzo, ouzo and feta cheese using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimps with orzo, ouzo and feta cheese:
  1. Make ready 1 kg shrimps
  2. Take 1 onion finely chopped
  3. Take 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  4. Make ready 500 g orzo
  5. Prepare 2/3 cups olive oil
  6. Prepare 3 ripe tomatoes or the respective amount of tomato sauce
  7. Take 1 little ouzo (optionally)
  8. Get thyme, basil oregano
  9. Take feta cheese

Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Tender shrimp, smothered in rich tomato sauce. This dish is not only a typical starter or meze it also serves as a main meal during fasting periods in Greece. Place the pasta in a large bowl.

Instructions to make Shrimps with orzo, ouzo and feta cheese:
  1. Boil the shrimps for 7 minutes if they are fresh or for 4 if they are frozen. Keep the water they have boiled in.
  2. Remove the shell after boiling (if they have any) and devein them (if they are large).
  3. Sauté the onion, garlic and shrimps in the oil.
  4. Stir in a little ouzo, leave for 3-4 minutes and then add the tomato. Let everything boil for a couple of minutes.
  5. Add 3 1/2 cups of the water that the shrimps boiled into to the above ingredients and then add the orzo, salt, pepper, a little thyme, basil and oregano.
  6. Boil until the orzo is cooked and there is very little liquid left in the pot.
  7. Serve while hot and sprinkle on top with coarse chunks of feta cheese.
  8. Enjoy…

Place the orzo mixture in prepared oven bag. Arrange shrimp mixture on orzo mixture. Fold edge of bag over to seal. Put shrimp in a mixing bowl. Arrange shrimp over tomato mixture in one layer.

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