Ingredients
Method
- Step 1: Bring large pot of heavily salted water to boil cook pasta per package instructions until al dente
- Step 2: While pasta cooks heat olive oil and butter together in large pan over medium heat until butter melts and starts to foam
- Step 3: Add minced garlic stir constantly for exactly 1 minute until golden and fragrant — don't let it burn
- Step 4: Pat shrimp completely dry with paper towel add to pan in single layer don't move them for 90 seconds
- Step 5: Flip shrimp cook other side 90 seconds until pink and curled — remove immediately from heat
- Step 6: Reserve half cup pasta water before draining drain pasta
- Step 7: Add drained pasta directly to shrimp pan toss everything together adding splashes of pasta water until sauce coats every strand
- Step 8: Squeeze entire lemon over top add lemon zest red pepper flakes toss again taste and season generously with salt and pepper
- Step 9: Top with fresh parsley serve immediately in warm bowls
Notes
— Frozen shrimp works perfectly just
thaw completely and pat very dry
before cooking wet shrimp steams
instead of searing — Don't walk away from the garlic
it goes from golden to burnt in seconds — Pasta water is magic here the starch
makes the sauce silky don't skip it — Leftovers next day are actually
amazing cold as pasta salad
thaw completely and pat very dry
before cooking wet shrimp steams
instead of searing — Don't walk away from the garlic
it goes from golden to burnt in seconds — Pasta water is magic here the starch
makes the sauce silky don't skip it — Leftovers next day are actually
amazing cold as pasta salad