Shrimp - make shift

The wife had bought a bag of nice sized frozen shrimp, so I thought I would make up some shrimp alfredo. She had a jar of Paul Newman alfredo sauce in the pantry that I was going to use but it turned out to be a couple months past the expiration date and smelled a bit too funky for me to waste the shrimp, so used a jar of garlic mushroom spaghetti sauce instead.

shelled and deveined the shrimp. chopped up a couple of slices of thick bacon and started browning, once the bacon was about done, dropped in the shrimp for a few minutes per side until they made a C shape (O shape is over cooked). Removed the shrimp/bacon from the skillet, put in 1 TBS unsalted butter, 1 heaping TBS chopped garlic and half a small sweet onion and let those Sautee for a bit. Poured in about half a jar of the spaghetti sauce and brought to a good simmer before putting the shrimp/bacon back in. Once the linguine was done, plated along side a nice side salad. Turned out pretty good although I had my heart set for the alfredo (didn't have the ingredients to make from scratch).

Outstanding!

yep

That looks fantastic!

Looks real good, even for your second choice.

Lovely. I'd enjoy the heck out of that.

I also enjoy the Paul Newman Alfredo, but will warn you NOT to get the Garlic one. Way too strong in both scent and flavor, stinks up the entire house, and the girls can't stand it. I prefer to use fresh garlic, anyway!!

Awesome.

the little amount of cooked bacon and the shrimp sautéed in the bacon grease made a world of difference. The shrimp came out perfect ... I'd eat it again, but would still prefer the alfredo

thanks everyone! I finally remembered to take pictures ... LOL

Would.

Way to improvise!

Nice!

Does look good

Ooooooooooooo

Gonna give that a try.

Try the shrimp in Vodka Sauce.

You guys are all making me hungry.