Lemon Spaghetti with Shrimp. Make sure you use fresh ingredients for the best flavor. Are you enjoying your long weekend? Buuut, if you're anything like me, spaghetti shrimp dinners are awesome!
This dish features succulent jumbo shrimps which have been marinated in a few simple ingredients.
How impressive is it with the spaghetti twirled high on a serving dish and mounted with the lemon garlic shrimp!
The buttery fruit gets a quick buzz in a blender with plenty of lemon juice, turning velvety thick.
You can Have Lemon Spaghetti with Shrimp using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Lemon Spaghetti with Shrimp
- It's of evoo.
- What You needis of lg shrimp, peeled and deveined.
- What You needis of salt & fresh ground pepper (for seasoning shrimp).
- Lets Go Prepare of spaghetti (i use gluten free yam starch noodles).
- Lets Go Prepare of salt, plus more for the pasta water.
- It's of evoo.
- What You needis of freshly grated parmesan cheese.
- Lets Go Prepare of lemon zest(about 1 lg lemon).
- Lets Go Prepare of fresh lemon juice (about 2 lg lemons).
- It's of ground pepper.
- Lets Go Prepare of \3 c chopped fresh basil.
- What You needis of capers, she has a process to roast these. I used them raw.
It melts into the hot, white wine-scented pasta, adding a flavorful coating to the red onion, and shrimp. A dusting of lemon zest enlivens the dish, making the spaghetti impossible to put down. This creamy lemon shrimp spaghetti recipe is easy enough to make on a weeknight and impressive enough to serve at a dinner party. Ok so, this dish isn't exactly health food, but the occasional treat is fine. 😉 I made this creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta with spaghetti, but you could definitely sub.
Lemon Spaghetti with Shrimp step by step
- Season shrimp with s&p. Sautee in oo heated to med. 2-3 mins per side in single layer. Cook until no longer gray and translucent.
- Cook the pasta in the very salted water in very large pot until a la dente or to your liking or follow directions on box. You will save 1 cup of pasta water before you drain.
- Whisk olive oil, parm cheese,.
- Lemon zest and juice in lg bowl, blend. Toss the shrimp and the pasta into sauce and add reserved pasta water 1/4 cup at a time to moisten, and toss to get to desired sauce consistency.
- Season with salt and pepper, mix in basil and capers.
- Sprinkle with extra parm cheese (optional) Mine verses theirs. I think mine looks better.
Giada's Baked Salmon with Arugula Salsa Verde. Season shrimp with salt and pepper. In a single layer, add shrimp to preheated pan. Plump shrimp marry perfectly with spaghetti and aromatics like garlic, chile flakes and the fruity zest of Meyer lemon. And to give the dish its deliciously creamy finish, we're stirring in a bit of quark (a fresh cheese) just before serving, lightly coating the spaghetti, shrimp and seasonal broccoli.