Calabrian Shrimp - Blue Apron Cooking - Chris Plays Gourmet
Channel: Chris Plays Gourmet
Date: 2019-01-30

Going through the process of cooking, and a brief review, of Blue Apron's "Calabrian Shrimp and Orzo" meal. Overall evaluation: this meal was good, but as our fifth of six Blue Apron meals so far centered around pasta + zucchini, we are looking forward to some new ingredients in the next couple recipes -- even if they do include kale. 

The initial portion of this video (chopping) is dreadfully out of focus; I apologize about that. It's not you, it's me.

You can find the full recipe on Blue Apron's website at: https://www.blueapron.com/recipes/creamy-lemon-shrimp-orzo-with-broccoli

Some quick takeaways:
 - For the first time, I actually used *too much* salt in a dish. As I'm new to cooking, I'm still learning how much of something is the right amount of something, so this was a bit of an exciting lesson for me.
 - I was able to use a bit of the spice for seasoning without making it inedible for my spice-averse daughter; this is good.
 - I made a couple silly mistakes with placement of food in the pans/timing that slowed me down and didn't help make better food.
 - We're really done with Zucchini.

The dish was straightforward to cook -- though I'll admit that I didn't know how to quarter + de-seed a lemon in the right way. We went through all of it, and my daughter would have happily eaten more. Neither capers nor zucchini are her favorite foods, which means she ended up picking around a lot of those, which reduces the overall yield of food we get. On another day, this might have actually been an issue with having my daughter not be full, but thankfully I was a pretty light eater today, so she was able to finish off mine to satisfy her hunger.

This was my first time using orzo. It cooks pretty much like any other pasta, and it didn't give me too much trouble.

Overall, her comment was "I wish there was more shrimp and orzo, and less zucchini and capers -- but I would eat it again anyway." From such a picky eater, I considered this a win!

Ingredients in this dish:
10 oz  Tail-On Shrimp (Peeled & Deveined)
4 oz  Orzo Pasta
1  Lemon
2 cloves  Garlic
1½ tsps  Calabrian Chile Paste
2 Tbsps  Crème Fraîche
1 Tbsp  Capers
1  Zucchini
¼ cup  Grated Parmesan Cheese

My opinions are my own and not those of my employer.