Garlic Shrimp and Pasta (Low fat recipe)

Submitted by Charishma_Ramchandani

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 29.58 ml cornstarch
• 411.06 g can Swanson chicken broth
• 2 clove garlic, minced
• 44.37 ml chopped fresh parsley
• 29.58 ml lemon juice
• 0.61 ml ground red pepper
• 453.59 g medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 946.36 ml hot cooked thin spaghetti, cooked without salt (about 8 oz. dry)

directions

1. In a medium saucepan, mix cornstarch, broth, garlic, parsley, lemon juice and pepper.
2. Over medium-high heat, cook until mixture boils and thickens.
3. Stir constantly.
4. Add shrimp.
5. Cook for 5 minutes or until shrimp turns pink.
6. Stir often.
7. Toss with spaghetti.

Reviews

[Catnip46]

I got this recipe a few years ago off of another site and I just love it. I make by own chicken both from a chicken bouillon cube which I add the lemon juice (I only add about 1 tsp.) and cornstarch to and set aside. I brown my garlic in a little olive oil then throw in the shrimp. When this is heated up I add the chicken stock. Cook until thicken then I add only a small dash of red pepper powder, a dash of Kitchen Bouquet Browning Sauce and so so soy sauce. Add salt & pepper to taste. And finally I stir in the broken up cooked spaghetti. Heat and eat.

 

[NancyB]

Very good and easy. Added a little white wine to the sauce.

 

[Pungee77]

I had a friend of mine, who is a vegetarian, over for lunch today. Made a few modifications to the recipe as a result. Instead of regular pasta I used whole wheat and instead of chicken broth I used vegetable broth. As a result I did have to add a bit of salt to taste as the vegeatble broth doesn't have the sodium you find in the chicken broth so without it, it was a bit bland. Aside from that I also sauteed the garlic a bit before adding the additional ingredients to get the full flavor and added a little garlic powder. One more change was instead of cornstarch I used flour, that was just what I had in my cabinets. Otherwise I followed the recipe pretty close. It was YUMMY! I WILL definitely be making this again.

 

[PjD25361]

Great and the family loved it! Will add more garlic and pepper next time... maybe a tad more salt too.

 

[jswinks]

I used this as a basic recipe, but changed a few things. I sauteed the garlic a bit before making the sauce. I made my own stock from bouillon, doubled the garlic, used less cornstarch, and a few squirts of lemon juice (didn't measure). Mine actually had quite a spicy kick to it, with just enough lemon zing. My husband loved this very light dish. I hope I can make it the same again since I didn't follow the recipe exactly! Thanks for sharing!