angry shrimp with tuscan white beans

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• bean mixture:
• 1 (19 ounce) can progresso® cannellini beans, drained, rinsed
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 3/4 cup progresso® chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh italian (flat-leaf) parsley
• coating mixture:
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 1/2 teaspoons california chili powder
• 1 tablespoon coarse sea salt (gray salt)
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 egg
• 1 cup progresso® plain panko crispy bread crumbs
• shrimp mixture:
• 16 large uncooked shrimp, peeled (tail shells left on), deveined
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil (or as needed)
• 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 small serrano chile, thinly sliced
• 1 cup fresh whole basil leaves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• additional extra-virgin olive oil

Recipe

• in small saucepan, heat beans, 2 tablespoons olive oil and the chicken broth to boiling. reduce heat to low to keep mixture warm. (lemon juice and parsley will be added later.)
• in small bowl, mix flour, chili powder, 1 tablespoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. in another small bowl, beat egg lightly. in third small bowl, place bread crumbs.
• coat shrimp with flour mixture, shaking off excess; next dip shrimp into egg and then coat with bread crumbs. in 10-inch skillet, heat 1/3 cup of the oil over high heat. add shrimp to skillet in single layer. (do not toss or move shrimp.) cook about 3 minutes. turn shrimp over; cook until browned. remove shrimp from skillet to cookie sheet.
• add garlic to hot oil in skillet; cook and stir until light brown, adding more oil if necessary. add chile; cook until soft. carefully add basil (water in skillet will pop). cook 45 to 60 seconds or until crisp.
• meanwhile, stir lemon juice and parsley into bean mixture in saucepan; season to taste with additional salt and pepper.
• stir orange peel into basil mixture in skillet. remove from heat. return shrimp to skillet; toss to combine.
• spoon bean mixture platter or individual plates. drizzle with olive oil. top with shrimp; spoon some of basil mixture with some of its oil over top.