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Crayfish or Shrimp Pasta

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"This dish can be made with either crawfish or shrimp. It's a great crowd pleaser. Serve with a salad and crispy French bread." — B. Gisclair

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Original recipe makes 10 servings Change Servings

2 (8 ounce) packages angel hair pasta
1/2 cup butter
6 cups heavy whipping cream

1 cup chopped green onions
1 1/2 pounds cooked shrimp - peeled and deveined
3 tablespoons Cajun seasoning

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Directions

In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook angel hair pasta until al dente. Drain.
In a large saute pan, heat butter over medium heat until melted. Stir in the Cajun seasoning and heavy cream. Cook until sauce is reduced by half.
Stir in the green onions and crayfish or shrimp. Heat thoroughly. Serve over hot angel hair pasta.

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PREP 5 mins
COOK 40 mins
READY IN 45 mins

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This is very good dish, especially for such a simple recipe. I used half and half and wisked in 1 tablespoon flour for thickness. In the future, I may try adding some fresh garlic. Also, if your cajun/creole seasoning doesn't have salt added, be sure to add some salt!

—THEEVOYS

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Most Helpful Critical Review

Mar 04, 2003

This recipe tasted pretty good, but was way too rich. Next time I will not use half the whipping cream it called for. Fat free half and half also will work and is not as fatting.

—KRISTYB

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70 Ratings

Apr 09, 2003

This recipe is great. You may want to use linguene instead of angel hair pasta. Also make sure you use a cooking pot when reducing the cream, it likes to boil over. If you dont have enough crawfish scalops mixed in workds great.

—KILLER_COOK

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Feb 26, 2008

Great recipe, although I would make two suggestions. 1) Use linguine instead of angel hair. 2) Most cajun seasonings are incredibly salty. Keep that in mind and half the amount of seasoning if salty foods bother you. And I'll also say that it took a very long time for my sauce to thicken. Allow over an hour when planning this meal! Great recipe! Thanks!

—eonstot

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Aug 14, 2005

I halved the recipe and added sliced mushrooms, chopped tomatoes, crawfish and crab meat. I also followed the suggestions of other readers and added 1.5 cups cream and 1.5 cups half and half. It was pretty thick after reducing it but then adding the veggies and meat made it even thicker and I didn't have to add any starch. I used 1.5 tablespoons of Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning and found it to be a bit too salty. Next time I will try just 1 tablespoon and or try another Cajun seasoning. Overall, it was very good and also looked nice!

—Chin

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Sep 04, 2006

Used shrimp and added onion,red and yellow pepper strips,fresh mushrooms and alittle garlic.Served it with a tossed salad and fresh bread.Our dinner guests swore it came from a seafood restaurant.Will use this recipe again and again.Thank You!

—AMARETTOSKIES

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Feb 10, 2005

excellant! impressed the entire family and neighbors!!!

—LASTEPMOM

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Mar 18, 2005

I made this for a potluck and it was well liked by all. I used penne instead of angel hair to make it easier to serve. I used shrimp and crab and used 3 cups cream, 3 cups half and half. It takes a long, long, long, time to reduce and turned out really wet. Next time I'll probably just use 1.5 cups cream and 1.5 cups half and half.

—AFGirl

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Nutrition

Calories
666 kcal
33%

Carbohydrates
8.8 g
3%

Cholesterol
353 mg
118%

Fat
63.1 g
97%

Fiber
0.7 g
3%

Protein
18.2 g
36%

Sodium
712 mg
28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Crayfish or Shrimp Pasta

Serving Size: 1/10 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 666
Calories from Fat: 567

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 63.1g 97 %
Saturated Fat 38.9g 195 %
Cholesterol 353mg 118 %
Sodium 712mg 28 %
Potassium 299mg 8 %
Total Carbohydrates 8.8g 3 %
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 3 %
Protein 18.2g 36 %
** Sugars 0.5g
** Vitamin A 53 %
** Vitamin C 7 %
** Calcium 16 %
** Iron 24 %
** Thiamin 6 %
** Niacin 48 %
** Vitamin B6 8 %
** Magnesium 13 %
** Folate 11 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.