Penne Alfredo with Asian Flavored Shrimps
The salty and savory pasta matches perfectly with the sweet, Asian flavors of the shrimps.
Ingredients
| For the shrimp: | |||
| 1 | tablespoon |
soy sauce, sodium reduced
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
rice vinegar
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
honey
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
sesame oil
|
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
marsala wine
you can use any sweet wine you have |
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
garlic powder
|
* |
| ¼ | teaspoon |
onion powder
|
* |
| ¼ | teaspoon |
hot chili peppers
green or red, you can increase the heat by adding more pepper |
* |
| ½ | teaspoon |
ginger
ground |
* |
| ½ | teaspoon |
-
shezhuan mix |
* |
| ¼ | teaspoon |
salt
if you use regular soy sauce omit the salt |
|
| 20 | each |
shrimp
medium-sized |
* |
| For the penne alfredo: | |||
| 300 | grams |
pasta, penne
|
|
| 200 | millilitres |
heavy whipping cream
|
|
| ½ | cup |
-
regato |
* |
| ½ | cup |
Parmesan cheese
|
|
| 1 | cup |
water
pasta boiling water |
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
nutmeg
|
* |
| 100 | grams |
margarine
you can use butter, I always use margarine to save some calories |
|
Directions
In a non-reactive bowl place all the ingredients of the marinade and mix well to be incorporated.
Add the shrimps and let them marinate for at least half an hour maximum one hour.
In a pan pour the marinade and place it in medium high heat.
Let it boil for a minute or two and then add the shrimps.
Cook for about two minutes, they do not need more, and remove from stove. By then the sauce would have thicken, looking like a caramel covering the shrimps.
While you make the shrimps, you can also boil the pasta according to your liking and reserve one cup of their water.
Just a small trick to reduce the time of the preparation of pasta. If you have a boiler for hot water, just fill it with water and it will be boiled in no time. Then pour the boiled water in the pot in high heat and the water will be ready for the pasta very quickly. This is what I do to save time when things are getting quite hectic around here!
Five minutes before the pasta is done, prepare the sauce Alfredo.
In a pan put the margarine or butter in medium high heat.
Add the heavy cream and the nutmeg and let it boil for a minute. Cook for about two minutes, they do not need more, and remove from stove. By then the sauce would have thicken, looking like a caramel covering the shrimps.
While you make the shrimps, you can also boil the pasta according to your liking and reserve one cup of their water.
Just a small trick to reduce the time of the preparation of pasta. If you have a boiler for hot water, just fill it with water and it will be boiled in no time. Then pour the boiled water in the pot in high heat and the water will be ready for the pasta very quickly. This is what I do to save time when things are getting quite hectic around here!
Five minutes before the pasta is done, prepare the sauce Alfredo.
In a pan put the margarine or butter in medium high heat.
Add the heavy cream and the nutmeg and let it boil for a minute.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 241g (8.5 oz)
