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Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta

Enjoy a hefty bowl of garlic butter shrimp pasta tossed in a homemade white wine sauce! The thin capellini noodles pair perfectly with the fresh buttery seafood.
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: American, Seafood
Allergy: Nut Free, Sugar Free
Servings: 5
Calories: 298kcal
Author: Marina Rizhkov

Equipment

Ingredients

  • ½ lb capellini pasta
  • water
  • salt
  • 1 lb shrimp
  • 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp paprika

For the white sauce:

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small yellow onion, thinly chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ lemon, juiced
  • ¼ cup white wine
  • ¼ cup parmesan cheese, shredded
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped

Instructions

  • Cook pasta per instructions on the box. It take a few minute for capellini pasta to cook in boiled salted water, so don't over boil it. When pasta is ready, reserve ¼ cup of pasta water. Then drain the rest of the pasta. Put pasta back into the pot and stir in the reserved ¼ cup of water to loosen the pasta.
    ½ lb capellini pasta, salt, water
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  • While the water boils and the pasta cooks, heat up a skillet for shrimp. Melt 1 Tablespoon of unsalted butter. Add in shrimp, salt, and paprika. Give it a good stir. Sear the shrimp till bought sides are cooked (about 2 minutes) Take shrimp out.
    1 lb shrimp, 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp paprika
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  • In the same skillet, on medium heat add in olive oil and thinly chopped onion. Cook until the onion is soft and clear (4-5 minutes).
    1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 small yellow onion,
  • Add in minced garlic, give it about thirty seconds for the flavors to come together. Then add in juice from ½ a lemon.
    3 cloves garlic,, ½ lemon,
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  • Then, stir in the white wine, parmesan cheese and parsley.
    ¼ cup white wine
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  • Add pinch of salt. Turn off heat.
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  • Combine shrimp to pasta and the white wine sauce.

Notes

  • Make sure to reserve the 1/4 cup of pasta water, it makes a big difference when adding it back into the pasta.
  • You can also use angel hair pasta.

Nutrition

Calories: 298kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 189mg | Sodium: 320mg | Potassium: 406mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 394IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 141mg | Iron: 2mg