Rev: Nutty Pasta Toss With Shrimp CL 6/04

[rosie_one]

This was a good family supper. Nothing tremendously fancy, but still very tasty. We enjoyed the ginger in the sauce, which is well balanced and flavorful. I ommitted the cilantro as I didn't have any on hand but otherwise basically made it as written.

This recipe is definitely a keeper for us.

[newtricks]

I'm putting this on the menu this week. I'm on an "asian" kick. Thanks for the review.

[Angela]

This was an easy tasty meal. I had been hankering chinese food and this satisfied my craving. I made the recipe as written and definitely recommend it for a quick weeknight meal. The cilantro, ginger and peanut butter combination was very interesting!

[JJ40]

Glad to read some positive reviews--this is on my menu for this week!

Julie :)

[Terrytx]

We liked this also. Easy to do and good for a weeknight meal.

[Peggy]

I thought this recipe was fantastic! I did make a few changes... I omitted the cilantro, increased the soy sauce and peanut butter by 1 tablespoon each and tossed the pasta with the shrimp mixture together so the sauce coated all of it. Excellent!:)

Peggy

[hrk]

Made this last night as written and DH and I enjoyed it very much. It definitely reminded me of a Thai style dish, as it had a very good peanut flavor. Very easy to throw together and a good blend of ingredients.

Heather

[tmsl]

Another positive review here. I also omitted the cilantro as I just don't care for it, but otherwise made as written. This is quick and easy with lots of flavor. Will be a keeper in our house as well.

Laura

[stacy7272]

This was very good. The picture didn't capture me but the reviews did so I made it. Very yummy. This could have used LOTS more spinach. One cup just disappears!

[Tiger]

I loved this! But I love the peanut butter/soy sauce thing so I knew I would. I agree with Stacy as far as using more spinach. In fact I think I'll throw some more in with the leftovers.

[JackieO]

I let my subscription to CL lapse for several reasons (bad customer service on a renewal and I moved), so I don't have the mag. (I recently renewed when CL sent me a generic solicitation, however!) :D Could one of you kind souls please post the recipe? Sounds great!

TIA!

[lacia]

Here's the recipe:

Nutty Pasta Toss with Shrimp

To save time, use bottled minced fresh ginger and bottled minced garlic.

1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon grated peeled fresh ginger
3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons crunchy peanut butter
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon rice vinegar
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon dark sesame oil
8 ounces medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 cup vertically sliced onion
1/2 red bell pepper, cut into (1/4-inch) strips
1 cup bagged prewashed spinach
2 cups hot cooked rigatoni (about 1 1/4 cups uncooked pasta)

Combine first 8 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp, and sauté for 3 minutes or until done. Remove shrimp from pan. Add onion and bell pepper to pan; sauté 3 minutes. Add soy sauce mixture, shrimp, and spinach. Reduce heat to medium; cook 2 minutes or until spinach wilts. Serve shrimp mixture over pasta.

Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 cup shrimp mixture and 1 cup pasta)

CALORIES 483 (25% from fat); FAT 13.4g (satfat 2.4g, monofat 5.1g, polyfat 4.4g); PROTEIN 36.1g; CARBOHYDRATE 55.1g; FIBER 4.8g; CHOLESTEROL 172mg; IRON 6.2mg; SODIUM 1003mg; CALCIUM 108mg;
Cooking Light, JUNE 2004

[KLynn]

I finally got around to making this one after seeing it on a couple of people's "best of 2004" lists. I loved this recipe! I upped the spinach because I needed to use some up, and would definitely do that again. Really great flavor and very quick.

'Bout to go have the leftovers for lunch!