buffalo shrimp with penne and bacon

How To Make buffalo shrimp with penne and bacon

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Step 2
  Add half the crumbled bacon and half the blue cheese crumbles; mix well. Drizzle with 1/2 cup wing sauce.
• Step 3
  Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Step 4
  Heat one tablespoon margarine and canola oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add shrimps and Old Bay seasoning. Cook and stir, flipping shrimp halfway ,until pink, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Step 5
  Meanwhile, pour 1 cup wing sauce into a medium bowl. Grab the shrimp out of the skillet and place into a bowl of wing sauce; mix well. Cover with plastic wrap and let marinade 30 minutes.
• Step 6
  Heat remaining margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add flour; whisk until fully combined and to turns into a roux, about 1 minute. Mix in heavy cream, half and half and cubed cream cheese; continue to whisk together.
• Step 7
  Stir in remaining wing sauce, dry onion soup mix, Italian seasoning and black pepper. Bring the sauce to a simmer for 6 minutes until the sauce is creamy and smooth. Remove from heat.
• Step 8
  Add cooked penne pasta, shrimp mixture, chopped tomatoes and remaining blue cheese; mix well.
• Step 9
  Pour evenly into an prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan and Monterey jack cheese. Top with remaining crumbled bacon.
• Step 10
  Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
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