Spicy Creamy Low Fat Shrimp Pasta Recipes

SPICY & CREAMY LOW FAT SHRIMP PASTA

Steps:

• In butter spread and olive oil, saute onion and garlic. Add Wondra and cook 3 minutes or so to cook the flour.
• Add wine, broth, red and black pepper and saute, stirring, until thickened and somewhat reduced. Add shrimp and cook until opaque, only a couple of minutes.
• Add half-and-half and parsley. Heat through, but don't boil.
• Toss with cooked, drained spaghetti and allow spaghetti to absorb the sauce for a few minutes. Serve with parmesan.

EASY SPICY SHRIMP PASTA - LOW FAT

Steps:

• Boil the pasta in salted water until it is done to your liking.
• Drain well reserving about 1 cup of pasta water. You might not use it all.
• Place pasta in serving bowl or divide among two dinner bowls.
• While pasta water is heating zest, juice lemon and reserve 2 Tbspn. This recipe will go FAST!
• After adding pasta to boiling water, sprinkle a small amount of olive oil in a cold nonstick skillet and smear around with your CLEAN fingers. (Massage oil left on your fingers into your hands - it will make them silky soft.).
• Turn heat on to medium high and let the pan warm for a minute or two. You want the pan to be hot but not scortching when you hold your hand over the surface.
• Add the shrimp, garlic, onion, lemon rind, and pepper and cook stirring constantly for 2-3 minutes. Shrimp will just start to turn opaque but not yet pink.
• Add tomatoes, salt, basil, lemon juice, and white wine. Stir and cook for another 2-3 minutes or until shrimp turn pink. (If using dried basil crush in hand before adding to pan to release oils. A different herb can be substituted if you prefer- just use the same quantity.).
• Add in as much of the 1 cup reserved pasta water as you like- if any- to make as much sauce as you would like.
• Taste sauce and adjust seasonings to your taste. If you would like a more onion or garlic flavor, add onion or garlic powder.
• Spoon over drained pasta and garnish with fresh black pepper or additional pepper flakes if desired.
• Other nice garnishes would be a little chopped parsley or green onion as well as a sprinkling of fresh grated parmesan.
• Light the candles, top off the wine glasses and serve!

SPICY CREAMY PASTA WITH SHRIMP

Steps:

• Mix in a bowl - chipotle powder, paprika, cajun, thyme and rosemary. This will be our spice blend.
• Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a skillet.
• Add the finely chopped garlic and red pepper flakes and stir for a minute.
• Then add HALF the spice blend and mix well.
• Now is the time to add a tiny bit of butter for flavor if you want - I rarely do.
• Add the shrimp and let it cook for 2 minutes before stirring.
• Toss the shrimp in the mixture for a minute more, then remove into a bowl and keep warm.
• Into your skillet, add the white wine and the other half of your spice blend. Stir.
• Cook until the wine comes to a boil then reduces to almost half.
• In the meantime, cook your pasta according to package directions.
• Back to your sauce - add the half and half, mix well.
• Season to taste with salt. Taste and adjust the spice to your taste (add more spice blend to make it spicier or more half n half to make it milder).
• Remove the sauce from heat before the cream starts to boil.
• Pour the sauce into cooked, drained pasta, add the shrimp you set aside earlier and toss. Cover, set aside.
• Put the same skillet back on heat, spray with cooking spray and add the asparagus.
• Cook for a few minutes until tender crisp.
• In the meantime, place the sun-dried tomatoes in a small bowl and pour boiling water over it.
• Let it soak for 2 minutes, then drain and squeeze out the water.
• Add the asparagus and sun-dried tomatoes into the pasta and toss.
• Serve the pasta topped with grated good quality parmesano-reggiano and some chopped parsley.
• Pasta will taste better when it is kept covered for a while to allow the pasta to soak the sauce. It will also taste better when served with homemade bread brushed lightly with garlic butter and the rest of that bottle of wine. Enjoy!

SPICY SHRIMP PASTA (CREAM SAUCE)

Steps:

• While making the sauce, cook the pasta.
• Put olive oil in sauce pan and let it heat up.
• Then add 2 cloves of garlic and shrimp.
• Saute for about 2 minutes.
• Then add cream, chili powder, cayenne pepper, pepper flakes and salt.
• Bring to a boil, and then put heat to medium high.
• Combine milk and flour and mix well until there are no lumps.
• Add into the sauce to thicken and let boil again.
• Simmer for about 3-5 minutes, or until your pasta is done.