Chipotle Orange Shrimp with Cilantro Rice

Chipotle Orange Shrimp with Cilantro Rice! Tender shrimp in a sweet-meets-smoky cream sauce piled high on cilantro-speckled rice with a side of tangy cucumbers.

First of all, juicy, tender, sweet, and delicate shrimp is just automatically really SOS-friendly because it’s so fast to cook (like, five minutes fast) and tastes like you live at a fancy restaurant. So there’s that.

Ingredients:

Chipotle Orange Sauce:

• 1 chipotle pepper (or half of one pepper, for a less spicy version)
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• zest of one orange

Shrimp and Rice:

• a drizzle of olive oil
• 1 pound uncooked shrimp, tails removed, patted dry
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 1/2 cups white rice (I like jasmine rice or just plain long grain rice)
• a big handful of chopped cilantro
• optional, for serving: zippy cucumbers