Description
A favorite restaurant in Hawaii serves a fantastic spicy, creamy, garlicky, shrimp, and spinach pasta. I played around with ingredients and finally arrived at this recipe. Easy preparation, easy to make, and just delicious. My family loves it! Great for a company dish as well.
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package angel hair pasta
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 6 green onions, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh garlic
- 1 ½ pounds frozen cooked shrimp, tails removed
- 1 cup white wine
- 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 2 teaspoons Creole seasoning
- 2 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (9 ounce) package fresh baby spinach with carrots
- ¼ cup chopped fresh basil
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook angel hair pasta in the boiling water
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- 4 to 5 minutes. Drain.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir green onions and garlic in the butter until softened
- about 2 minutes. Add frozen shrimp; cook and stir until thawed
- about 5 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a bowl.
- Whisk wine and cornstarch together in a small bowl until smooth. Pour over the green onions and garlic in the skillet. Stir in heavy cream
- lime juice
- Creole seasoning
- sugar
- salt
- and pepper; simmer until mixture thickens
- about 3 minutes.
- Return shrimp to the skillet. Stir in spinach and basil. Cook and stir until shrimp is heated through and spinach is wilted
- about 5 minutes. Serve over angel hair pasta.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 24 mins
Total Time: 49 mins
Servings: 4