Garlic & Shrimp Pasta
A snippet from bottomlesskitchen.com: "And, since it uses frozen shrimp, it can be made on a night when you just want to throw something together, if you have the shrimp in the freezer. Since it makes four healthy portions, we were able to enjoy seconds for lunch the following day, served cold."
Total Steps
7
Ingredients
15
Tools Needed
5
Ingredients
- 5 medium <a href="/FQRPFPP6">garlic cloves,</a> minced
- 4 medium <a href="/FQRPFPP6">garlic cloves,</a> mashed
- 1 pound of <a href="/54KQFNS4">shrimp,</a> peeled, deveined, and cut into three pieces
- 3 tablespoon of <a href="/NLPYVN22">olive oil</a>
- 0 <a href="/XBPNFKYS">Salt</a>
- 1 pound of pasta, we recommend a tubular pasta like mezzi <a href="/TJVJR4R6">rigatoni</a>
- 0.5 teaspoon of <a href="/ZFRS3GMM">red pepper </a>flakes
- 2 tablespoon of all-purpose unbleached <a href="/4YMSSPXL">flour</a>
- 0.5 cup of <a href="/BBWJ64WX">dry vermouth </a>(or <a href="/Q67GD8BS">white wine)</a>
- 0.75 cup of <a href="/87HSBRXP">clam </a>juice
- 0.5 cup of chopped <a href="/GKXHVZLV">parsley</a>
- 3 tablespoon of <a href="/WDBZPYYF">unsalted butter</a>
- 1 teaspoon of <a href="/PCGHNLWF">lemon juice</a>
- 1 <a href="/NMZYZYB2">lemon,</a> cut into wedges
- 0 Ground <a href="/SWV3CGDQ">black pepper</a>
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/WZLWW3YP">Clean </a>&<a href="/RSDQ7YW8"> peel</a> shrimp (if<a href="/YCPJKCW5"> frozen</a>, place in a colander and run under cold water for a few minutes).<a href="/XZBDDD5G"> Cut</a> into one inch pieces.
Step 2
In a medium sized bowl; combine 2 <a href="/ZG86GNS8">minced </a>cloves of garlic, 1 Tbl olive oil, a few pinches <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt </a>& the shrimp. Allow to<a href="/Z7DWVT8G"> marinate</a> at room temperature.
Step 3
<a href="/XZFHRHHF">Heat </a>large <a href="/MYJ2HRB7">skillet </a>to medium <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat,</a> add 2 Tbl olive oil and 4 smashed cloves of garlic, allow these to cook for about 5 minutes, until lightly <a href="/D434P8MH">browned </a>on each side. Discard garlic, but retain the oil and remove <a href="/MYJ2HRB7">skillet </a>from <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat.</a>
Step 4
<a href="/W7VKDJHH">Boil </a>pasta water in a large dutch oven. When <a href="/W7VKDJHH">boiling </a>add a teaspoon of <a href="/DPSVTKVY">salt </a>and the pasta. Cook until al dente.
Step 5
With pasta cooking, return <a href="/MYJ2HRB7">skillet </a>to medium <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat.</a> Add shrimp mixture and allow to cook for about 4 minutes, until shrimp pieces have just <a href="/B52FHCF2">turned </a>pink. Remove shrimp & set aside, retain the oil in the<a href="/MYJ2HRB7"> skillet</a>.
Step 6
Add remaining 3 cloves of <a href="/ZG86GNS8">minced </a>garlic with red pepper flakes, cook for 1 minute. Add flour while continuing to <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>and cook for 1 minute. <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">Stir </a>in the vermouth and cook for 1 minute. Add clam<a href="/QDWRNXYW"> juice</a> & parsley, cook for 2 minutes.
Step 7
Remove <a href="/MYJ2HRB7">skillet </a>from <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heat,</a> <a href="/GV3SK283">whisk </a>in butter & lemon<a href="/QDWRNXYW"> juice</a>. Combine pasta, shrimp & sauce in the dutch oven<a href="/H7TNTGFZ">. Seaso</a>n with black pepper an<a href="/Y6MVNCHX">d serv</a>e.