Shrimp in garlic sauce

  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Shrimp in buttery garlic sauce with bacon and sweet pepper.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,100 g

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Ingredients

  • 500 gCrustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, raw (may contain additives to retain moisture)
  • 100 gPork, cured, bacon, unprepared
  • 35 gButter, salted
  • 120 gOnions, raw
  • 15 gGarlic, raw
  • 150 gPeppers, sweet, green, raw
  • 180 gCream, fluid, heavy whipping
  • 2 gSpices, pepper, red or cayenne
  • 120 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking

Method

  1. Cut bacon into 1 cm strips, onion and pepper into 1 cm cubes, finely chop garlic, and pat shrimp dry.
  2. Fry bacon in butter at 165 °C for 6 minutes until lightly crisp.
  3. Add onion, garlic, pepper and cayenne and stir for 4 minutes.
  4. Add cream and water and simmer at 85 °C for 6 minutes to a light sauce.
  5. Stir in shrimp and cook at 85 °C for 5 minutes until opaque; serve the sauce straight away.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
1,717.7 kcal
Protein
90.9 g
Fat
136.3 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
33.9 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
5.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
73.6 g
Sodium
3,871.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
9.7 g

Per serving

Energy
429.4 kcal
Protein
22.7 g
Fat
34.1 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
8.5 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
1.4 g
Saturated fatty acids
18.4 g
Sodium
968 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
2.4 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
156.2 kcal
Protein
8.3 g
Fat
12.4 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
3.1 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.5 g
Saturated fatty acids
6.7 g
Sodium
352 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.88 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Crustaceans, Milk

May contain: Soy, Celery

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal