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Creamy Shrimp Pasta - easy one pot shrimp pasta recipe made with spaghetti in a lemon garlic butter and cream sauce. Dinner is ready in 20 minutes.
The Best Shrimp Pasta
This creamy shrimp pasta has the perfect amount of garlic, lemon, butter, and cream to make a rich and delicious meal for your dinner.
I am a sucker for all kinds of pasta with shrimp.
If you think that this amazing looking pasta takes forever to cook, you’re wrong. Cook your pasta first, and while you are waiting, prepare the ingredients.
Heat up a skillet when you are ready and everything get done in the skillet. All it takes is 20 minutes. On busy nights, nothing beats a hearty and satisfying meal like this. Try this and you will thank me!
Ingredients For Creamy Shrimp Pasta Recipe
- Spaghetti
- Garlic
- Butter
- Lemon
- Shrimp
- Heavy whipping cream
- Spinach
- Parsley
- White wine
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shrimp lasts in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
To not overcook shrimp, remove them from the heat right when the meat is the same color pink all around (no brown/grey). Perfectly cooked shrimp will be in a loose C shape while tight C shapes usually indicate overcooked shrimp.
This recipe has 536 calories per serving.
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Creamy Shrimp Pasta
Ingredients
- 6 oz. spaghetti
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 oz. jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined, tail-on
- 1 cup pasta water
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons white wine, optional
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt , or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1/2 tablespoon Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the pasta water, and set aside.
- Heat a skillet with oil. Sauté the garlic, then add the shrimp. Cook until the surface turns opaque, then add the pasta water, cream, and white wine, bringing it to a simmer. Stir in the butter, salt, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice. Once the shrimp is cooked through, add the spinach and stir to combine well.
- Toss in the spaghetti and stir to coat well with the cream sauce. Turn off the heat, top with parsley, and serve the pasta immediately with lemon wedges.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Your recipes look delicious. I can’t wait to try them.
Thanks Joy. Yes, this creamy shrimp pasta is amazing!
Awesome, lip smacking recipe
Can you please email this recipe, all the reviews are great and I would really like to try it tonight for dinner. For some reason I can’t pull it up. I can only read the comments.
I like this Food.
It seems I am interested in the food.
I just made this recipe for creamy shrimp pasta. It’s delicious. The sauce is creamy but not too thick. The cayenne added just the right amount of spice to kick the dish up a bit. In fact, I doubled the recipe because I had the ingredients on hand and wanted to use them up, and I’m so glad that I did. Great recipe – thanks.
Hi Jacqueline, I am so glad that you liked my creamy shrimp pasta recipe, yes I love it, too. Please try other recipes on my site, they are all easy and delicious! :)
Very nice recipe, thanks for sharing it.
Can’t wait to try it, looks yummy!
It is yummy do try my creamy shrimp pasta.
I just read over your recipe and my mouth is watering. The food looks so appetizing in all of your pics. Yummy! I hope to try this soon. Thanks so much for your great recipes!
This is some seriously elegant comfort food! I wish I could just reach through the screen with a big piece of crusty bread and dip it into that incredible sauce!
Aww thanks for your sweet comment. Yes this creamy shrimp pasta is the bomb!