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• Recipe Overview
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Give your date a peck on the cheek. Repeat as often as necessary. | 2. In a bowl toss shrimp, olive oil, Italian seasoning, and garlic and let marinade for thirty minutes. | 3. In a sauce pan- bring six cups of water and chicken bouillon powder to a boil. | 4. Add chopped yellow bell pepper and one cup of orzo and cook according to package directions until tender then drain. | 5. Return drained orzo back to sauce pan and fold in capers, olives, and cut tomatoes. Cover with lid to keep warm. | 6. In a heavy, lightly oiled hot skillet, cook shrimp 2 minutes per side (DO NOT OVER COOK THIS SHRIMP!)and remove shrimp immediately to a plate tented with foil to keep warm. | 7. Deglaze pan with chicken stock and sherry and boil until alcohol has evaporated (about 90 seconds or until you can no longer smell the alcohol)Pour this into 2 small ramekins to use as a dipping sauce for some hot buttered crusty French Bread. | 8. Divide orzo between 2 plates and top with each with half of the shrimp. Sprinkle with one lime wedge apiece and place another lime wedge on each plate as garnish. | 9. Eat until you explode and be prepared for grateful kisses from your date. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
large shrimp	1	lb	deveined shelled	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
italian seasoning oregano	1	tablespoon	marjoram	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
garlic	2	teaspoons	chopped	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
orzo pasta	1	cup		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
yellow bell pepper	1		chopped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
caper	2	tablespoons		3.9560000000000004	0.8411	0.4059	0.1479
kalamata olive	8		chopped	403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
tomato	1	can	drained cut	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
chicken stock	1/4	cup		21.6	2.1180000000000003	1.5119999999999998	0.72
sherry wine	1/4	cup		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
chicken bouillon powder	2	tablespoons		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
lime	1		quartered	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.