Shrimp With Roasted Red Pepper Cream

Submitted by LMillerRN

"I found this recipe in Southern Living. It is fast and elegant."

 

• Ready In: 23mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package vermicelli
• 1 (12 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄2 cup fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 2 lbs cooked peeled large shrimp
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil

directions

1. Prepare pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and oil.
2. Keep pasta warm.
3. Process red peppers and next 4 ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth.
4. Pour mixture into large skillet.
5. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes stirring often, until thoroughly heated.
6. Add shrimp and cook 2-3 minutes until thoroughly heated.
7. Remove from heat.
8. Serve over hot cooked pasta.
9. Sprinkle with basil.

Reviews

[suzikaster]

This is great! My kids love it too. My husband is allergic to chicken so I substituted the chicken broth with Cream of Shrimp soup and it was still great!

 

[adopt a greyhound]

I made half a recipe and was just right for two. I think I would prefer fresh cooked shrimp rather than frozen but thawed shrimp. I served it with french bread, butter and parmesan cheese that had been broiled for a 30 sec or so, which was great to get the remaining sauce.

 

[yogiclarebear]

Added mushrooms, great recipe.

 

[dianegrapegrower]

WOW! Outstanding! Made this as written and served to guests - everyone loved it. The table was silent except for sighs of pleasure. The only change I will make next time (and I will be making this as often as my waistline permits) will be to use a thicker pasta, like linguine. I think it would hold the sauce better (and this sauce is worth licking the plate for!)

 

[NurseJaney]

Planning to fix this ONCE AGAIN for dinner, and checked to see if it were here! VOILA -- Lisa beat me to it ! Had forgotten where it came from, but use the fantastic red pepper sauce on other pasta dishes. It is SO fast, especially if you keep cooked, peeled shrimp in the freezer ! YUMMO -- I'm already tasting dinner !