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Recipe tags: Easy, Quick, Shell fish, Shrimp, Stove Top
Meats and seafood
Easy Shrimp in Garlic Sauce (high protein)

Recipe created exclusively for DaVita.com by DaVita dietitian Sara RD, CSR, CDE from California.
Portions: 4
Serving size: 1/4 recipe (1 cup pasta, 6-9 shrimp, 3 tablespoons sauce)
Ingredients
- 3 cups bowtie pasta, uncooked
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine, unsalted
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup onion, minced
- 1 pound raw shrimp, shelled & deveined
- 1/2 cup whipped cream cheese
- 1/4 cup nondairy creamer
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
- black pepper to taste
Preparation
- Boil 3 quarts water in a large saucepan. Add 3 cups dry bowtie pasta; cook 12 minutes, then drain.
- While pasta is boiling, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and onion and cook 1 minute. Add shrimp and cook until it turns orange, 1 to 2 minutes (do not overcook).
- Remove shrimp from skillet and set aside. Reduce heat to low. Add cream cheese to skillet and stir with onion, garlic and butter to make a sauce.
- Add nondairy creamer and stir. Add the wine and stir until smooth. Return cooked shrimp to the sauce and stir to coat.
- Drain pasta, divide onto 4 plates and top with shrimp and garlic sauce. Season with 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh basil and black pepper.
Nutrients per serving
- Calories: 464
- Protein: 30 g
- Carbohydrate: 35 g
- Fat: 22 g
- Cholesterol: 218 mg
- Sodium: 245 mg
- Potassium: 310 mg
- Phosphorus: 336 mg
- Calcium: 94 mg
- Fiber: 1.3 g
Renal and renal diabetic food choices
- 3 meat
- 2 starch
- 1/2 milk
- 1 fat
Carbohydrate choices
- 2
Helpful hints
- Clean and shell shrimp before boiling the pasta.
- Substitute frozen shrimp if fresh shrimp is unavailable.
What's everyone saying?
1 reviews | Avg. User Rating:Made this recipe, only used 1 clove of garlic, 3 seemed too much. One was just enough garlic flavor. Very good other than that, great flavors and easy to make. Also used instant rice instead of bowtie pasta.
Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2009, 7:03 PM - Inappropriate review?

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