Sherry's Scrumptious Shrimp Sauce for Pasta
photo by Sherry from Louisia
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2 lbs fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined (2lbs after peeling)
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 5 1⁄2 ounces green onions (this is one whole bag)
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 10 ounces cream of shrimp soup
- 12 ounces grated parmesan cheese
- 8 ounces evaporated milk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1 teaspoon parsley
directions
- In a skillet on medium -high heat melt the butter. Add the green onion tops and bottoms chopped nicely and the minced garlic. Saute' for about 2 minutes.
- Add the shrimp that have been cleaned, deveined, and drained. Season with the salt, pepper, basil,parsley, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Cover and continue sauteeing on medium heat for 3 or 4 minutes.The shrimp will release a good amount of water. This is good.
- Remove the lid and reduce the heat to medium. Add the cream cheese in cubes. Add the cream of shrimp soup, grated parmesan and evaporated milk. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until it appears nice and creamy. If it begins to stick you need to reduce the heat a little.
- Cover and continue to cook on medium for about 10 minutes. Reduce heat to low and serve. Serve over angel hair pasta.
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I am a happily married mother of four, two boys and two girls.I have recently started back to work as a substitute teacher.I have been a PTA volunteer for many years and a room mom 14 times.I have been blessed and cursed with the ability to cook good food. It has been my passion. I started cooking at age 12. I have perfected my own versions of recipes for our wonderful Louisiana cuisine.(I am working on convincing myself to share them.)