Border-Style Shrimp

Ready in just 15 minutes, this colorful Tex-Mex dish is so festive and flavorful that you'll be proud to serve it to guests over a bed of yellow rice.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: about 1 cup shrimp)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 1/2  cups  chopped white onion
• 1  teaspoon  ground cumin
• 1  teaspoon  chili powder
• 1 1/2  pounds  medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 2  tablespoons  butter
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 1/8  teaspoon  hot pepper sauce
• 1/4  cup  fresh lime juice
• 1/4  cup  finely chopped green onions
• Lime wedges (optional)

Preparation

Heat a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 3 minutes. Add cumin, chili powder, shrimp, and garlic; sauté 4 minutes. Remove from heat, and add butter, salt, and hot sauce. Stir until the butter melts. Stir in juice and green onions. Garnish with the lime wedges, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

266 (30% from fat)

Fat:

9g (sat 4.1g,mono 2.1g,poly 1.4g)

Protein:

35.6g

Carbohydrate:

9.7g

Fiber:

1.8g

Cholesterol:

274mg

Iron:

4.5mg

Sodium:

618mg

Calcium:

113mg