Instructions: Prepare Thai sauce: Place all ingredients except crushed red pepper in blender and blend well. Place in storage container. Mix in crushed pepper. Set 1/2 cup or more aside to make Thai Shrimp Pasta, and refrigerate remaining sauce. Sauce keeps 4 to 5 days.

Place butter and garlic in clean, heated saute pan. Cook 1 minute. Add shrimp, cook 3 minutes, turning occasionally to cook evenly. Add additional butter if pan becomes too dry.

Add cut vegetables, half of the cilantro and half of the peanuts. Add 1/2 cup Thai sauce (or more to taste) and mix.

Add shrimp/vegetable mixture to pasta, tossing well to coat. Remove shrimp from mixture.

Divide pasta with vegetables and sauce between 2 serving bowls. Place reserved shrimp, tails up, around rims of bowls, facing toward middle. Garnish center of each bowl with the onions, remaining peanuts and cilantro.

This recipe yields 2 servings.

Comments: Additional Thai sauce can be added to this dish or remaining sauce can be refrigerated 4 to 5 days and used in another dish.

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