Mediterranean Rice Salad With Shrimp

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 cups arborio rice or 1 1/4 cups long-grain rice
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 3/4 lb shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 4 -5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 4 ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 1 large fennel bulb, halved,cored and cut into â¼ inch dice
• 4 scallions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, bring 10 cups of water to a boil.
• 2 stir in 1 tblsp salt.
• 3 add the rice and cook uncovered over medium heat until al dente, about 15 minutes.
• 4 drain in a colander, rinse with cold water and drain again.
• 5 place the rice in a large serving bowl.
• 6 bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil and stir in 1 tblsp of the lemon juice.
• 7 add the shrimp and cook until opaque, about 1 ½ minutes.
• 8 drain the shrimp.
• 9 transfer to a work surface and chop into small pieces.
• 10 toss the rice with ¼ cup of th e oil and the remaining 3 tblsps lemon juice.
• 11 add the shrimp, tomatoes, fennel, scallions, dill and garlic; toss.
• 12 add up to 1 tblsp more of oil.
• 13 season with salt and crushed red pepper.
• 14 let stand for at least 20 minutes before serving.