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
Frequently Asked Questions
How Long Can You Keep Cooked Shrimp in the Fridge before It Goes Bad?
Shrimp lasts in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
How Do You Not Overcook Shrimp?
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.
How Many Calories?
This recipe has 536 calories per serving.
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Creamy Shrimp Pasta
Creamy Shrimp Pasta – easy pasta recipe with shrimp, spaghetti in a buttery and creamy sauce. Cooked in one pot, dinner is ready in 20 mins.
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 chopped Italian flat-leaf parsley
- Lemon wedges
Directions
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1Bring a pot of water to boil. Cook the spaghetti according to package instruction until al dente. Drain and save 1 cup of the pasta water. Set aside.
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2Heat up a skillet with the oil. Saute the garlic and add the shrimp. Cook until the surface turns opaque, add the pasta water, cream, white wine and bring it to a simmer. Add the butter, salt, cayenne pepper and lemon juice. As soon as the shrimp is cooked through, add the spinach, stir to combine well.
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3Toss in the spaghetti, stir to mix well with the cream sauce. Turn off heat, top with the parsley and serve the pasta immediately with some lemon wedges.
Joy Patch
Your recipes look delicious. I can’t wait to try them.
Rasa Malaysia
Thanks Joy. Yes, this creamy shrimp pasta is amazing!
Akki
Awesome, lip smacking recipe
windy pavo
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.
Dady Supyandi
I like this Food.
Dady Supyandi
It seems I am interested in the food.
Jacqueline Trenz
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.
Rasa Malaysia
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! :)
Archana Baikadi
Very nice recipe, thanks for sharing it.
gracie
Can’t wait to try it, looks yummy!
Rasa Malaysia
It is yummy do try my creamy shrimp pasta.
Anne Wright
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!
Kathleen | Hapa Nom Nom
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!
Rasa Malaysia
Aww thanks for your sweet comment. Yes this creamy shrimp pasta is the bomb!