Baked Shrimp with Rice

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Comfort food alert! This baked shrimp and rice recipe gets its cheesy texture from a can of cream soup and a splash of cream. Feel free to start with fresh or frozen and thawed seafood.

Baked Shrimp with Rice
Photo: Blaine Moats
Prep Time:
30 mins
Bake Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
1 hr
Servings:
6

Ingredients

  • 12 ounce fresh or frozen, peeled and deveined cooked shrimp

  • 2 tablespoon butter

  • ½ cup chopped onion (1 medium)

  • ¼ cup chopped green or red sweet pepper

  • 2 cup cooked white rice

  • 1 10.75 ounce can condensed cream of shrimp or cream of celery soup

  • ½ cup half-and-half or light cream

  • 2 tablespoon dry sherry

  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • teaspoon cayenne pepper

  • 3 tablespoon sliced almonds, toasted

  • Snipped fresh cilantro

Directions

  1. Thaw shrimp, if frozen. Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large saucepan heat butter over medium heat until melted. Add onion and sweet pepper; cook until tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.

  2. Stir shrimp, cooked rice, soup, half-and-half, sherry, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne pepper into vegetable mixture. Transfer mixture to a 2-quart square baking dish.

  3. Bake, uncovered, about 30 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with almonds and cilantro.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)

290 Calories
13g Fat
23g Carbs
19g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 6
Calories 290
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 13g 17%
Saturated Fat 5g 25%
Cholesterol 141mg 47%
Sodium 624mg 27%
Total Carbohydrate 23g 8%
Total Sugars 1g
Protein 19g
Vitamin C 7.1mg 36%
Calcium 90.9mg 7%
Iron 2.9mg 16%
Potassium 254mg 5%
Folate, total 36.3mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.9mcg
Vitamin B-6 0.2mg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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