Texas Lemon Shrimp Recipe

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This main dish adds spice to any meal. My family loves this simple yet elegant main dish.—Amy Parsons, League City, Texas

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Texas Lemon Shrimp Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Yield: 8-10 Servings

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Ingredients

1 small onion, thinly sliced and separated into rings
1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 to 3 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons cold water
Hot cooked rice, optional

Directions

In a large skillet, saute onion and red pepper in oil until tender. Stir in the water, lemon juice, garlic, Cajun seasoning, lemon peel and salt. Add shrimp; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink.
Combine cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into shrimp mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Serve over rice if desired. Yield: 8-10 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (1/2 cup shrimp mixture, calculated without rice) equals 164 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 172 mg cholesterol, 301 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 23 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Texas Lemon Shrimp in Taste of Home December/January 2003, p20