Happy Shrimp
Hello friends, welcome to Shrimps Recipe. Today we are going to make Happy Shrimp.
A creamy, spicy shrimp dish served alone with crusty bread or over angel hair pasta.
In this video, we’ll show you how to make a shrimp dinner that’s earned its happy title. Shrimp is cooked with plenty of garlic, green onions, white wine, cream, fresh tomatoes, and basil. Serve this up with some crusty bread or hot pasta and watch this dinner disappear.
Recipe Summary for Happy Shrimp
- preparation: 20 minutes
- cook: 20 minutes
- total: 40 minutes
- Servings: 4
Ingredients for Happy Shrimp
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp
- ¼ cup chopped green onions
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 2 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
Directions for Happy Shrimp
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in the shrimp, garlic, and green onions. Cook and stir until the shrimp are pink on the outside, and no longer translucent in the center, about 5 minutes.
Set the shrimp aside, and pour in the wine, cream, tomatoes, basil, and cayenne pepper. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the sauce will coat the back of a spoon, about 10 minutes.
Stir the shrimp back into the sauce, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Heat through and serve.
Nutrients information for Happy Shrimp
- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Calories: 280.2
- % Daily Value *
- protein: 19.5g 39 %
- carbohydrates: 3.1g 1 %
- dietary fiber: 0.6g 2 %
- sugars: 1.2g
- fat: 19.9g 31 %
- saturated fat: 12.1g 61 %
- cholesterol: 230.2mg 77 %
- vitamin a iu: 1256.6IU 25 %
- niacin equivalents: 7mg 54 %
- vitamin b6: 0.2mg 11 %
- vitamin c: 7.8mg 13 %
- folate: 14.6mcg 4 %
- calcium: 64.2mg 6 %
- iron: 3mg 17 %
- magnesium: 39.2mg 14 %
- potassium: 290.3mg 8 %
- sodium: 329.8mg 13 %
- thiamin: 0.1mg 6 %
- calories from fat: 179.1
