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Easy seafood pasta with homemade tomato pasta sauce. This is a quick and delicious dinner that you can make in one pot in less than 30 mins.
If you love seafood and pasta, this easy recipe fits the bill. It’s less than 30 minutes to make and you can make the pasta in one pot or one pan.
Make it for dinner whenever you want to indulge the family with some seafood, it’s really delicious, especially with your favorite glass of wine!
More importantly, it’s healthy, cheaper, and you’ll have a pasta dish that is as good as Italian restaurants!
Seafood Pasta Sauce
Seafood pasta is a quick, simple and easy recipes to feed the family. It’s absolutely delicious and loaded with all kinds of seafood in a fresh and homemade seafood pasta sauce.
Making the pasta sauce from scratch instead of using a bottled pasta sauce is a game changer when it comes to this dish. All you have to do is use a can of whole peeled tomatoes, blend it for the sauce.
Ingredients
- Spaghetti
- Manila clams
- Shrimp
- Italian basil
- Italian parsley
- Garlic
- Scallops
- Tomato sauce
- Whole peeled tomatoes
- Sugar
- Olive oil
- Salt
You can use any of the seafood combinations below. I used shrimp, scallops and mussels for the best seafood pasta recipe!
- Shrimp
- Scallops
- Clams
- Mussels
- Squid
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Seafood Pasta
Step 1: Cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions. Drained and set aside. Blend the entire can of the whole peeled tomatoes in a blender or food processor. Set aside the sauce.
Step 2: Heat up a skillet on medium heat. Add the olive oil, then add the garlic. Saute the garlic before adding the shrimp, Manila clams and scallop. Stir to combine well with the garlic, then add the tomato sauce, basil leaves.
Step 3: Cook the seafood until they are almost done, add salt (to taste) and sugar. Transfer the spaghetti into the skillet, stir to mix well with the sauce. Top with the chopped parsley, serve immediately.
Frequently Asked Questions
This pasta recipe is 431 calories per serving.
What To Serve With This Recipe
This meal is best served alone or with a side dish. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Seafood Pasta
Ingredients
- 10 oz. (350g) spaghetti
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 oz. (125g) shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 8 oz. (230g) Manila clams
- 4 oz. (125g) scallops
- 1 can tomato sauce
- 8 oz. (228g) whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon chopped Italian basil leaves
- salt , to taste
- 1 teaspoon sugar, or brown sugar
- chopped Italian parsley, for garnishing
Instructions
- Cook the spaghetti according to the package instructions. Drained and set aside. Blend the entire can of the whole peeled tomatoes in a blender or food processor. Set aside the sauce.
- Heat up a skillet on medium heat. Add the olive oil, then add the garlic. Saute the garlic before adding the shrimp, Manila clams and scallop. Stir to combine well with the garlic, then add the tomato sauce, basil leaves.
- Cook the seafood until they are almost done, add salt (to taste) and sugar. Transfer the spaghetti into the skillet, stir to mix well with the sauce. Top with the chopped parsley, serve immediately.
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Notes
- You can use any of the following seafood combinations: shrimp, scallops, clams, mussels and squid.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Made this dish . I loved it. I added red pepper flakes to get a little kick. This is a keeper
Hi Carolyn. Thank you for your comment. So glad you like this pasta recipe.
Nowhere in the recipe does it mention when to use the 1 can of tomato sauce listed in the ingredients
It is in step 2. Hope this helps. Stir to combine well with the garlic, then add the tomato sauce, basil leaves.
Great recipe as always, can’t wait to try this……thanks!
:)
Do you need to add sugar? What’s it for?
You can skip but adding a bit sugar completes the flavors. Trust me!
I was taught to always add sugar to cut the acidity of the tomatoes. In spaghetti, chili, etc.
Can you use this recipe with just prawns?
Of course!
This was so delicious. Thanks
Nice!
Can this recipe be made with shrimp and scallops only? If so, how would I adjust the quantities?
Yes you can. Just use more of them.
Have you ever made this spicy? We recently had something very similar but was a bit spicy. Just wondering what you would add to make it a little spicy!
Just add chili flakes.
Can’t wait to make this. It looks so delicious!!!
At what point do I add the processed tomatoes?
Why put the tomatoes in a blender? Can’t you use puréed in a can or crushed?
Sure you can if you want to use can. I don’t want to use canned tomatoes.
I made this dish, with some alterations, for my wife and my mother; my mother has never had it. They both loved it. This is definitely a keeper!!
Awesome!