Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta

A simple, quick, and flavorful pasta dish with garlic butter shrimp. Perfect for a weeknight dinner or when you want something that feels special without much effort.

By @alexcookjoy

Original recipe source

Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 200 g spaghetti or linguine
• 0 salt
• 250 g raw shrimp, peeled & deveined
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 0 salt
• 0 pepper
• 0.5 tsp ginger
• 0.5 tsp paprika
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 4 garlic cloves, finely minced
• 60 ml white wine or chicken broth
• 0.5 lemon
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• 0 grated parmesan

Instructions

1. Boil pasta in salted water until al dente.
2. In a hot pan, sear shrimp with olive oil, salt, pepper, ginger and paprika for 1–2 min per side. Remove the shrimp from the pan.
3. Add butter and garlic to the same pan, cook until fragrant. Pour in wine (or broth, or cream) and simmer for 1–2 min.
4. Toss pasta in the sauce, add shrimp back, squeeze lemon, sprinkle parsley and parmesan.
5. Serve immediately.