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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have black bean & spinach couscous with baked shrimp using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Black bean & spinach couscous with baked shrimp:
- Get For the shrimp
- Prepare 1 lb peeled and deveined shrimp (raw)
- Get 1/2 stick butter
- Get 1 lemon sliced
- Take 1/2 of an Italian dressing seasoning packet
- Make ready For the couscous
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup chicken broth
- Take 1 can black beans drained
- Make ready 1 cup chopped leaf spinach
- Make ready 1 cup couscous
- Make ready 1 salt and pepper
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Instructions to make Black bean & spinach couscous with baked shrimp:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Melt butter in microwave and pour onto foil lined cookie sheet. Place sliced lemon on top followed by shrimp.
- Sprinkle Italian seasoning over shrimp and place in oven. Bake for 15 minutes or until shrimp is pink and opaque.
- Next boil chicken broth in medium saucepan. Once boiling add couscous, cover and remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
- In microwave safe bowl, microwave beans and spinach for 2 minutes. Once done, add to couscous and fluff. Add salt and fresh ground pepper to taste.
- Plate shrimp and use lemon butter as dipping sauce by pouring into a small bowl.
Rinse beans and check for stones and debris. Black beans make a great addition to salads and chili or on their own as a side dish. Great foundation for a black bean recipe. Onions and garlic benefit from a much longer sauté time and added some ground coriander, cocoa powder, and green chile powder to the cumin and let it bloom a bit in some oil with the garlic and onion before adding beans to mixture. One of our favorite unexpected black bean recipes is this Southwestern pizza.
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