Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 lb medium shrimp, deveined and tails removed
- 1 lb spaghetti noodles
- 6 -8 garlic cloves, according to personal taste, minced
- 1/4 cup butter
- olive oil (3 drizzles)
- Italian seasoning to taste
- Pinch of fresh ground pepper
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- ¼ tsp of salt
- Herbs (according to taste)
Directions
- Boil pasta in water till tender, save 1 cup of pasta water for use later. Put some oil, salt, and fresh herbs in with pasta when boiling the pasta.
- Drain and set aside.
- While pasta is boiling, wash shrimp.
- Melt butter over medium heat. Add shrimp.
- Let cook until the shrimp are a little pink and starting to curl (approx. 5-7 min). Then add garlic.
- Add pasta to skillet.
- Add seasonings.
- Add enough saved pasta water so it is not dry (start with ¼of cup) work up from there.
- Keep tossing all ingredients around in skillet until all is incorporated and hot.
