Garlic Shrimp and Pasta (Low fat recipe)

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 30 mins
  • Servings: 4
  • Ingredients

  • 2tablespoonscornstarch
  • 1 (14 1/2 ounce) cans Swanson chicken broth
  • 2clovesgarlic, minced
  • 3tablespoonschopped fresh parsley
  • 2tablespoonslemon juice
  • 1/8 teaspoonground red pepper
  • 1lbmedium shrimp, shelled and deveined
  • 4cupshot cooked thin spaghetti, cooked without salt( about 8 oz. dry)
  • Directions

  • In a medium saucepan, mix cornstarch, broth, garlic, parsley, lemon juice and pepper.
  • Over medium-high heat, cook until mixture boils and thickens.
  • Stir constantly.
  • Add shrimp.
  • Cook for 5 minutes or until shrimp turns pink.
  • Stir often.
  • Toss with spaghetti.
  • Reviews

  • “I got this recipe a few years ago off of another site and I just love it. I make by own chicken both from a chicken bouilloncube which I add the lemon juice (I only add about 1 tsp.) and cornstarch to and set aside. I brown my garlic in a little olive oil then throw in the shrimp. When this is heated up I add the chicken stock. Cook until thicken then I add only a small dash of red pepper powder, a dash of Kitchen Bouquet Browning Sauce and so so soy sauce. Add salt & pepper to taste. And finally I stir in the broken up cooked spaghetti. Heat and eat.”

  • “Very good and easy.Added a little white wine to the sauce.”

  • “I had a friend of mine, who is a vegetarian, over for lunch today. Made a few modifications to the recipe as a result. Instead of regular pasta I used whole wheat and instead of chicken broth I used vegetable broth. As a result I did have to add a bit of salt to taste as the vegeatble broth doesn’t have the sodium you find in the chicken broth so without it, it was a bit bland. Aside from that I also sauteed the garlic a bit before adding the additional ingredients to get the full flavor and added a little garlic powder. One more change was instead of cornstarch I used flour, that was just what I had in my cabinets. Otherwise I followed the recipe pretty close. It was YUMMY! I WILL definitely be making this again.”

  • “Thankyou so much for posting. Made this for dinner, and it was EXCELLENT. Finally a low fat scampie sauce for one of my favorite meals. Hubby even loved it, and he hates chicken, and chicken broth.”

  • “Great and the family loved it!Will add more garlic and pepper next time… maybe a tad more salt too.”

  • “I used this as a basic recipe, but changed a few things. I sauteed the garlic a bit before making the sauce. I made my own stock from bouillon, doubled the garlic, used less cornstarch, and a few squirts of lemon juice (didn’t measure). Mine actually had quite a spicy kick to it, with just enough lemon zing. My husband loved this very light dish. I hope I can make it the same again since I didn’t follow the recipe exactly! Thanks for sharing!”

  • “This was really great.Unfortunately I added more garlic than the recipe called for and it was to much. I will definitely make this again with less garlic.”

  • “This dish was excellant!!! Id say almost restaurant quality! Much better because I added more shrimp then what you would get in a resaurant. Next time I make it, I think I will saute the garlic & I added 4 large cloves, in a little olive oil before I add the rest of the ingredients. I loved this dish!For such a simple recipe it was great!”

  • “Char, we loved this! I don’t eat shrimp often but when I do I try and make it special. I followed the instructions as written except I used chicken broth with added garlic plus the garlic that the recipe called for. We love garlic! Thanks so much for posting this simple, delicious dish!”

  • “I forgot the lemon juice but added a bit of cayane pepper.This was sooo good, I thought it would be bland and didn’t know if it would thicken.I will definately make again!Thank You :)”

  • “This was delicious!!! I also basically doubled the garlic, and the result was very tasty. Thank you!”

  • “Good recipe.Hubby and I both enjoed it.As pervious reviewers stated, I also added much more garlic, and pepper, and little more lemon juice.It was good. Thanks for the recipe.”

  • “Very simple & very good.I used a few of the hints from some of the other reviews to match it up to my own personal taste’s. I added extra lemon juice, a couple dash’s of essence & Old Bay seaonings and also threw in about 3/4 lbs. of small sweet bay scallops.There were no leftovers with this one. “Thank You”, for sharing this winning receipe with us.Pickleguy”

  • “This came out very well.I also added more garlic– basically doubled it.”

  • “In terms of a low fat recipe, this is great! Obviously if you compare it with a nice rich cream sauce it doesn’t stand up, but that isn’t the point. After being put on a low fat diet due to gallstones, I’ve been looking for easy low fat recipes. This one fit my needs to a T! After reading comments here, I added an additional tablespoon of lemon juice and of garlic. Overall, it wasn’t too bad. Without the shrimp it probably would have been too bland.”

  • “My son requested this for his 16th birthday.We loved it!!Served with a spinach salad, and ciabatta bread, and of course a DQ blizzard cake to end the meal.Thanks for sharing a great recipe.EASY”

  • “This was a very good light meal.I added some veggies and scallops and I used rotini protein pasta.Easy to prepare.Thanks for sharing.”

  • “Pretty tasteless. A fairly pointless meal. Only positive here is that its ‘healthy’ and low fat, though the sodium is crazy high. I substituted low sodium chicken broth and added a smidgen of salt, but the only other interesting note was the sauce had a nice luxurious thickness to it from thecorn starch.>br/br/br/br/

  • “I have to agree with some of the other reviewers that this recipe needs more flavor. It wasn’t horrible but I won’t be making it again either. Sorry I couldn’t give it more stars but it was just barely ok.”

  • “Wasn’t bad, but was lacking in real flavor, I added 6 cloves of garlic and didn’t seem to have much of an impact.I wouldn’t make it again, but it wasn’t horrible.”

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