Spicy & Creamy Low Fat Shrimp Pasta

Submitted by Chef PotPie

"I made this up last night to satisfy a heavy-duty pasta craving without completely blowing our lower-fat lifestyle. We loved this, so I'm writing it down while I still remember exactly what I did...and also to share with you!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb spaghetti
• 3 tablespoons Smart Balance butter spread
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 small onion, minced
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons Wondra Flour
• 1 cup white wine
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 cup fat-free half-and-half
• chopped fresh parsley
• freshly grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. In butter spread and olive oil, saute onion and garlic. Add Wondra and cook 3 minutes or so to cook the flour.
2. 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.
3. Add half-and-half and parsley. Heat through, but don't boil.
4. Toss with cooked, drained spaghetti and allow spaghetti to absorb the sauce for a few minutes. Serve with parmesan.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

This was a delicious dinner for us. My husband bought reg half and half by mistake. We first left out the red pepper flakes because one of us can't handle spice. Then we added them on the seconds. The red pepper flakes were really important to this dish. Next time we will add them first time.

 

[LifeIsGood]

Yum! The sauce is very flavorful and the shrimp was cooked perfectly. This made for such a delicious meal! Thank you. :)

 

[teresas]

This was amazingly good...I down sized it for 2...and used milk in place of the half and half...I did add a touch of the Parmesan cheese to the milk to help give it some richness...not sure what wonder flour is so just used all-purpose flour...it came out delicious...made for "Lighten Up" tag game...

 

[rppavel]

Wow...a great dish! The only negative is that I CAN'T STOP EATING IT! Thanks, we'll be having this often.

 

[mrs. astemborski]

I made this last night for my husband and myself and we both absolutely loved it! Only difference was I did not add onion, but everything else as is. Thanks for sharing!