My love for pasta has not disappeared; my spiralizer has allowed to me continue making wonderful dishes which fool my brain into thinking it’s eating pasta 🙂 This recipe is delicious – I think Tony literally licked his plate clean!
*This recipe was taken from inspiralized.com – I changed it up a bit, but it is pretty similar to the original. This recipe also made the right amount for Tony & I – there were not any left overs! [Maybe because it was too good!]
Avocado-Basil Zucchini Noodles w/ Chile-Lime Shrimp & Corn
Gather the following ingredients:
For the sauce:
- 5 tsp lime
- 8 cranks of the sea salt grinder
- 10 cranks of the peppercorn grinder
- 1 avocado
- 1/4 cup Chobani, plain Greek yogurt
- 12 basil leaves
- 1 medium clove of garlic, minced
For the rest:
- 3 zucchinis
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tsp chili powder or more (to season shrimp)
- 8 medium shrimp
- 1 whole lime
- 1 ear of corn or 1 can of sweet, kernel corn, drained
- olive oil cooking spray
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees – to cook roasted corn
2. Blend together sauce ingredients in a food processor, until creamy. Add more seasoning to tastes if necessary. (I added more lime – I LOVE lime). Â Set aside – I set aside in the frig to cool.
3. Place your corn on a baking sheet and lightly spray with cooking spray. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 10 minutes. When done cooking, scrape off kernels with a knife into a bowl and set aside.
4. Cut tops off of zucchini, cut in half, (so there are two shorter zucchini pieces), & spiralize zucchini noodles, using Blade C.
5. Coat the bottom of large skillet with olive oil & place raw noodles in large skillet. Cook on low heat/medium heat, stir & flip noodles occasionally, for about 10-12 minutes.
6. When noodles are cooked, place is strainer to rid extra fluids, [you may choose to skip this step, but I had a lot of extra watery substance from the zucchini]. Spoon noodles in to large, mixing bowl & pour over sauce. Mix and coat noodles – set aside.
7. Season shrimp with salt, pepper and chile powder & set aside.
8. Place a skillet over medium heat and spray with cooking spray. Once heated, add in the shrimp and squeeze the lime over the shrimp. Cook for about 2 minutes, flip over and cook for another 1-2 minutes or until shrimp is opaque and cooked through.
9. Dish up noodles in serving bowls and top the zucchini noodles with the shrimp.
10. ENJOY!
