Farro with Shrimp, Bacon, Mushrooms and Spinach
Hi everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic holiday. We did. There was family, friends, laughter and food. Oh was there food. So. Much. Food. So much rich food that I decided today would be a good time to share something a little different than the food we’ve been munching on the past few days. Something perhaps a little lighter but still full of flavor. Enter this Farro with Shrimp, Bacon, Mushrooms and Spinach.
I bought a giant bag of farro at Costco and have been bound and determined to find many different ways to use it. So far I’ve had a couple successes including this Farro, Cranberry and Goat Cheese Salad and now this.
I have a little saying that I live by “All good things start with onions and garlic sauteed in a little bacon drippings.” This recipe is no exception. The wonderful flavor continues with hearty farro, tender shrimp, crispy bacon, earthy mushrooms, spinach and white wine. It also gets a little kick from some crushed red pepper. Sounds pretty darn good right?
Farro with Shrimp, Bacon, Mushrooms and Spinach Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 cups pearled farro
- 6 slices thick cut bacon, diced into 1 inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 10 crimini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 pound prawns, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup dry white wine (you can subsitute chicken broth)
- 5 ounces baby spinach
- kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
Cook farro according to package directions. Drain.
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a paper towel lined plate.
Reserve 1 tablespoon bacon drippings. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Saute garlic, onions, oregano and crushed red pepper just until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms. Cook 3 minutes or until softened slightly. Add prawns cook until opaque, about 3 minutes. Pour white wine over the top. Stir in spinach. Cook just until wilted, about a minute.
Mix farro and bacon into the shrimp mixture. Mix well. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve.
Notes
Enjoy!
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Randall DeBlare II
April 19, 2016 at 6:37 amVery tasty recipe! Will definitely make again but I might go with 1.5c of Farro instead of two.
Chinese Cuisine Food
January 29, 2013 at 12:21 amI’m inspired by the way you cook. Usually we local Chinese seldom cook shrimps with rice together.
diana
January 14, 2013 at 10:26 amyum!
StephenC
December 27, 2012 at 5:12 amYou’ve done your job for the day – given me a direction to go in for tonight’s dinner. I think gnocchi will sub for the farro (I just don’t have any grain but rice) and I’ll be throwing in some arugula and definitely some shrimp. Happy New Year.