Quick Shrimp & Pasta

Submitted by rouxdog

"Quick dinner for 2. Great for a date. If you get the shrimp already deviened, dinner's ready in 15 minutes. Quick, and tastes like a restaraunt. Serve with any tossed salad and fresh bread."

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 2-3

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb spaghetti or 1/2 lb fettuccine
• 1⁄2 lb shrimp, peeled and deviened
• 1⁄2 cup white wine
• 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 cup butter
• 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1⁄4 cup fresh herb (parsley, oregano, basil, or whatever is fresh - All parsley is fine)
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. In a large pot, boil water for pasta.
2. Add salt and film the top of the water with Vegetable Oil When the water starts boiling, add the pasta.
3. Stir.
4. In a saute' pan, heat the butter and olive oil together.
5. Add the red pepper flakes (more or less to taste) Toast the pepper flakes until sizzling.
6. Add shrimp and toss to coat.
7. Add white wine, lower to simmer for 5 minutes.
8. When pasta is done, drain and add to saute pan.
9. Toss, season to taste with salt and pepper.
10. Garnish with grated Parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[LikeItLoveIt]

This was good, but next time I would leave the red pepper flakes out.

 

[Musical Joy]

Made this tonight. Very good and easy to make - I added garlic w/the red peppers, since we love garlic, made it even tastier. Had to use dried herbs (basil and parsley); I'm sure fresh would be great. Thanks for the recipe. Always good to see quick shrimp recipes!

 

[RAVICKERY]

Overall a good recipe, it is a bit rich, and while the instructions don't spell it out I added the fresh herbs (parsley, basil) when I added the white wine. I would recommend this dish to a couple, but not anyone with any kids.

 

[clashcity19]

So quick and easy and very delicious! I followed the recipe almost exactly, except I added some onion and garlic and used dried basil (that's all I had). I also didn't use the cheese (I am not a gid fan of cheese). It was spicy and flavorful and really satisfied after a hard, long day! Thanks for posting this; I know I will be making it again in the future!

 

[Amy020]

This was really very good! Added garlic too, as well as jullianned red bell peppers and snow peas. Would have liked to add broccoli but didn't have any... and just thought of thinly sliced onions or scallions while I'm typing this. That will have to be next time! I experimented with using only a Tbs of butter and no EVOO in the saute pan - trying to cut calories/fat. Would have liked pasta to be a tad moister, but it sat for a little bit while waiting for DH to get home from work, and the pasta soaked up most of the liquid. I'm sure this would not have been a problem if I'd have used the EVOO. This is a great, easy, quick weeknight dinner that can easily be adapted for whatever you have on hand. Thanks!