Teresa's 10-Minute Seafood Pasta

Submitted by TGirl

"I *invented* this dish for my boyfriend-it's now his absolute favorite meal! I love it because it is incredibly fast, easy, and delicious! Recipe can easily double by using 1/2 lb of each type of seafood and using 2 cans of diced tomatoes. Slightly increase amount of oil/butter used to saute seafood if doubling. Recipe can easily be altered to suit your personal seafood tastes. Use all shrimp or all scallops (use 1/2 lb total weight for 2 servings, or 1 lb total weight for 4 servings)."

 

• Ready In: 13mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 1⁄4 lb raw deveined/peeled shrimp
• 1⁄4 lb raw sea scallops or 1/4 lb bay scallop
• 2 cloves minced/crushed garlic
• 1 package fresh/refrigerated linguine
• 1 can diced tomatoes with onion and garlic (Delmonte)
• 1 tablespoon oil (olive or any type will do)
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• salt and pepper
• fresh basil (julienne) (optional)

directions

1. Preheat water for pasta.
2. Heat butter and oil in skillet over medium heat.
3. When hot, add garlic.
4. Cook 1 minute, or until you can smell the garlic.
5. Season seafood with salt and pepper, then add to garlic.
6. Cook on one side for 2 minutes.
7. Flip, and cook on second side for 2 minutes.
8. (Now is the time to start cooking your pasta-don't forget to salt the water! cook pasta on high heat to maintain a rolling boil) Add the can of tomatoes (do not drain!) to the seafood.
9. Cover, lower heat to a simmer, and leave alone until the pasta is finished cooking.
10. (should take about 2-3 minutes if you're using the fresh pasta).
11. Now's the time to toast your garlic bread and toss your salad to round out a great meal!
12. Just before serving, add fresh basil to seafood mixture, stir through.
13. Serve over the linguini and Voila!
14. A fast, delicious meal for 2!

Reviews

[Karen Thomspon]

Light but satisfying meal that takes no time to cook! Definitely a keeper! delicious!

 

[William Uncle Bill]

Hi Teresa; Never thought about combining shrimp and scallops. This recipe is easy, quick and tasty as ever. Took no time at all to make and it certainly is a big keeper. I love a variety of seafood. Next time I make this recipe, I will add a small amount of Red Hot Pepper Flakes or some Sambal Oelek to spice it up a bit more. Thank you for posting a great recipe. "Uncle Bill"

 

[Charmy]

Made this for my BF and he loved it.Very easy to make, used a seafood mix and instead of linguini I used penne.Thankx for the recipe!!

 

[DeniseR]

Absolutely Delicious!! I made it with a seafood mix that had octopus, squid and shrimp and it was awesome!!

 

[Kitty Z]

I had a packet of black (squid ink!) pasta, so I made this with shrimp and baby octopus. Very nice and very quick!