Shrimps With Bell Peppers and Cheese Sauce Recipe

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Shrimps With Bell Peppers and Cheese Sauce
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Directions:

  1. Start with the shrimps: depending on how you bought them, they might need picking over or peeling. Try to keep tails on. Rinse well.
  2. Remove seeds and ribs from bell peppers and cut flesh into bite-sized pieces. Peel and chop the onion. (Use any colour bell peppers you have).
  3. Use a wok over a high flame: it's easiest. Fry the onions and peppers in oil, stirring often, until they are soft and reduced and threatening to burn - about 20 minutes. During the frying, sprinkle in the dried hot pepper flakes.
  4. The wok should be quite hot at this stage, so add all the cleaned shrimps in one go. You might have to add more oil.
  5. Stir, moving the shrimps around, until they have all become pinky white and curled up.
  6. (If you feel the wok would be too crowded, remove the pepper-onion mixture to a bowl, add a little more oil, heat well, and then cook the shrimps on their own).
  7. Don't overcook the shrimps. While they're cooking, add the fish and oyster sauce, and the lime or lemon juice.
  8. When shrimps are cooked, take wok off heat. If you removed the pepper-onion mixture, stir back into shrimps.
  9. In another medium pot, whisk the flour into the milk, put over a high heat, and keep whisking until milk boils and thickens a little.
  10. Remove from heat, and stir in the cheese until it melts and the sauce is smooth. (Cheese do not like being boiled). Stir in the nutmeg, garlic and salt.
  11. Add this cheese sauce to the shrimp mixture and fold in well.
  12. Remove to an oven dish, cover, and keep warm until needed. You could garnish it with snipped spring onions or chives.
  13. Nice served with brown basmati rice. I also cooked chopped green beans to which I added 1 wheel, crumbled, of feta cheese.
  14. *The cheese: I used two mild cheeses; felt as if cheddar would be too strong. Use whatever you have, or cheese bits you need to use up.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1252.21 Kcal (5243 kJ)
Calories from fat 720.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 80.03g 123%
Cholesterol 244.41mg 81%
Sodium 5126.41mg 214%
Potassium 656.67mg 14%
Total Carbs 88.13g 29%
Sugars 11.48g 46%
Dietary Fiber 4.13g 17%
Protein 48.77g 98%
Vitamin C 63.1mg 105%
Vitamin A 1.5mg 49%
Iron 27.9mg 155%
Calcium 938.5mg 94%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 227.48 Kcal (952 kJ)
Calories from fat 130.84 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.54g 123%
Cholesterol 44.4mg 81%
Sodium 931.29mg 214%
Potassium 119.29mg 14%
Total Carbs 16.01g 29%
Sugars 2.08g 46%
Dietary Fiber 0.75g 17%
Protein 8.86g 98%
Vitamin C 11.5mg 105%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 49%
Iron 5.1mg 155%
Calcium 170.5mg 94%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 30.9
    Points
  • 34
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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