Garlic Shrimp Pasta
A quick one pan dinner that most everyone with love!
Ingredients
- 1 pound dry spaghetti pasta
- olive oil
- 2 pounds peeled and deveined shrimp x-large. dried with a papertowel
- 4-6 cloves garlic thinly sliced
- 1 medium shallot diced
- 1 lemon ½ zested, whole thing juiced
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¼ cup parsley fresh - chopped
- Kosher salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to the packages directions, reserving 2 cups of the pasta water before draining.
- In a medium-large skillet add olive oil to coat, once heated add the shrimp in a single layer, season with salt and pepper. Cooking just till done, roughly 45 seconds a side. Remove to a plate.
- In the same pan add the garlic, shallots, season with salt and pepper and the red pepper flakes. Sauté for 1 minutes then add half of the freshly squeezed lemon juice along with the white wine for deglazing the pan. Cook down to about ¾ cup of liquid.
- Add 1 to 1½ cups of the pasta liquid to your pan along with the butter. Once the butter has melted add the strained pasta along with the freshly grated Parmigiano and mix until everything is coated.
- Fold in the shrimp and parsley until combined. Serve with additional garnish of parsley, lemon zest and finish with lemon juice.