Tomato Basil Spaghetti With Shrimp Recipe

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Tomato Basil Spaghetti With Shrimp
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  1. Start by getting your large pasta pot on to boil. Cook pasta according to your personal tastes in salted water. Drain and rinse!
  2. Now for the shrimp. I confess, I get them from the fish counter already cooked, peeled, deveined and tailes removed! If you want to cook them yourself, go for it! I also usually have a bag of frozen cooked shrimp in the freezer that I can just defrost and pull the tails off of quickly to use in this dish and they work fine as well!
  3. Let's start the sauce! Over medium heat, saute the onion in the olive oil until super soft and translucent, adding salt and pepper to taste during the cooking. Add in the garlic and saute for another minute or two.
  4. Pour the crushed tomatoes into the sauce pan and add all the spices. The amounts of the spices are approximate as I tend to not measure anything and just eyeball it.
  5. Use your chicken broth to rinse out the crushed tomato can then add to the sauce (I use water with a teaspoon of chicken base dissolved in it). Stir and let simmer on low for about 10 minutes.
  6. Just before serving stir the shrimp into the sauce and let it heat through for a minute or two so that it's hot but the shrimp aren't tough.
  7. Here's where many people mix the sauce and the pasta, but not us. We have a weird family. I like a moderate amount of sauce, my daughter only wants just a wee bit of sauce on her pasta, but my hubby wants the noodles swimming in the sauce. Thankfully my son will eat any amoun of sauce I put on it - soooooo, I put the pasta and the sauce on the table separately and everyone dishes their own. We serve it with garlic bread and a salad, and sometimes roasted green beans for an extra veggie. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 511.55 Kcal (2142 kJ)
Calories from fat 116.63 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.96g 20%
Cholesterol 104.31mg 35%
Sodium 421.24mg 18%
Potassium 472.22mg 10%
Total Carbs 71.22g 24%
Sugars 6.84g 27%
Dietary Fiber 3.17g 13%
Protein 26.58g 53%
Vitamin C 8.3mg 14%
Iron 3.4mg 19%
Calcium 94.1mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 200.7 Kcal (840 kJ)
Calories from fat 45.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.08g 20%
Cholesterol 40.92mg 35%
Sodium 165.27mg 18%
Potassium 185.27mg 10%
Total Carbs 27.94g 24%
Sugars 2.68g 27%
Dietary Fiber 1.25g 13%
Protein 10.43g 53%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 14%
Iron 1.3mg 19%
Calcium 36.9mg 9%

* 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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Weightwatchers Points

  • 10.7
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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