Risotto with Cajun Shrimp

 Simple Risotto with Cajun Shrimp is a wonderful comfort food recipe that would be the perfect dish for Mardi Gras or during the lenten season.

Today was the first day of spring break for our kids. Christie (the wife) is also taking this week off. Christie and the girls were shopping most of the afternoon and had a late lunch so dinner was going to be for just me and my son. It was opening day for the Cincinnati Reds so I decided to make a very simple dish that my son loves. This is an example of how I cook.

When we were first married we had dinner at a nice restaurant in Cincinnati, for our anniversary,  I had risotto for the first time and at that point I knew I wanted to learn to cook simple food with very complex flavors. I taught myself to cook risotto, which for me typifies great simple cooking. Risotto is a wonderful base for a rustic simple meal. If your family does not like shrimp you can add cooked chicken, smoked sausage, mushrooms, peas or nothing at all.

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Risotto with Cajun Shrimp

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp . olive oil
• 3 tbsp . unsalted butter divided
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 ½ cups aborioro rice
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 5 cups low sodium chicken broth
• ½ lb raw medium shrimp peeled and deveined
• 1 tsp . Cajun seasoning
• 1/2 cup Parmesan
• 2 green onions chopped green part only
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Heat stock on low. Season shrimp with Cajun seasonings and set aside. While stock warms, heat oil and 2 tbs butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, saute until softened, 8-10 minutes. Stir in rice, cook for three minutes stirring often. Add wine to pan and cook until absorbed. Add 1/2 cup, or use a 6 oz ladle, of broth to rice. Continue adding the stock a ladle at a time, waiting until the liquid is absorbed before adding more. Add shrimp to rice before last cup of broth. Cook until the rice is tender and creamy and shrimp is cooked. Remove from heat, stir in Parmesan. Salt and pepper to taste. Top with green onions.

I will be bringing my Risotto with Cajun Shrimp recipe to Freedom Fridays, Friday Favorites, Fiesta Friday, Weekend Potluck, What’s Cooking Wednesdays. Checkout my Link Parties page for other great places to find new recipes.

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Quinn is the author, photographer and recipe designer over at DadWhats4Dinner. He enjoys cooking for family and friends and being creative in the kitchen. He makes ordinary everyday food extraordinary. He lives just north of Cincinnati with his wife of 24 years, three kids and three cats. His kids have well-developed palates and his youngest daughter is now working with him on the blog creating recipes for her own page “Cooking with Ella“.  Follow him on: Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter or Instagram.