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Recipes
Creole-Style Shrimp Sauté
4 servings
20 minutes total

Ingredients

  • 12 oz peeled/deveined large shrimp
  • 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley
  • 1 lemon, for juice
  • 4 slices thick-cut bacon
  • 8 oz angel hair pasta
  • 2 tablespoons blackening seasoning
  • 1 cup diced fresh tomatoes
  • ¾ cup white wine (or chicken broth)
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
  • ½ cup scampi sauce

Steps

    1. Thaw shrimp, if needed. Bring water to a boil for pasta. Chop parsley finely; juice lemon (1 tablespoon). Cut bacon into bite-size pieces (wash hands).
    2. Place bacon in large sauté pan on medium-high; cook and stir 5–7 minutes until almost crisp. Cook pasta following package instructions.
    3. Sprinkle shrimp with blackening seasoning and add to bacon (wash hands); cook 1 minute. Stir in tomatoes, wine, garlic, and red pepper, if using. Cook 2–3 minutes just until shrimp turn pink and opaque.
    4. Stir in scampi sauce and lemon juice. Top with parsley and serve over pasta.

Amount per ¼ recipe serving: Calories 610, Total Fat 32g, Sat Fat 9g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 120mg, Sodium 1280mg, Total Carb 50g, Fiber 3g, Sugars 2g, Protein 22g, Calc 6%, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 10%