Spicy Shrimp Spaghetti

Spicy Shrimp Spaghetti is an easy and delicious dish ready in 20 minutes! Shrimp cooked in butter-y tomato sauce with garlic and served with pasta!

If I had to choose between tomato based sauce and cream based sauce I would always go for tomato based sauce! I simply love tomatoes! I put them on pizza, I make soups with them, I eat them fresh and make a lot of sauces with them! They are simply delicious no matter where or how you use them.

Now I realized that I only have one tomato based sauce recipe up on the blog: This vegetarian pasta sauce with caper berries. I couldn’t believe it! Because this needed to be changed I am bringing you a very easy spicy shrimp spaghetti recipe!

Guys, this seafood pasta with tomato based sauce is a must try dish. If you like tomatoes and shrimp that is!

How to make spicy shrimp spaghetti:

Spaghetti:
The fastest way to make this dish is starting off with spaghetti. Get a pot and fill it with water. Check the package for instructions on time and water amount. 400g of spaghetti should feed 4 people. It will take about 10 minutes for the water to boil and roughly the same time for spaghetti to be cooked. Now like I said check the package to confirm this as I once bought extra thin spaghetti that needed only 3 minutes to cook.

Shrimp:
I bought medium shrimp. The shrimp was already pre-cooked so all I needed to do was heating it up. I was after fresh shrimp but there is no chance I can get my hands on those in our local supermarket.

If you prefer using fresh shrimp, then by no means go ahead and buy some. Just buy about 500g/1.1lb instead of 400g/0.8lb. If it is peeled and deveined you are good to go, if not you might need about 20 minutes to peel and devein these. Also for cooking time – throw them in the sauce 2-3 minutes earlier so they cook through.

The sauce:
This tomato based sauce is very easy to make. All you need is a large frying pan (or a wide bottom pot/sauce pan).

Butter, chopped tomatoes (possibly fresh ones), garlic, parsley, soy sauce, chili & shrimp!

Shrimp will go in at last. Bear in mind that you need to cook fresh shrimp while pre-cooked needs only reheating.

Seasoning:
I did not use salt at all here. All I added was soy sauce which is quite salty so there was no need for extra salt. Butter, garlic and parsley do the trick here and “season” the sauce perfectly!

What I like about spicy shrimp spaghetti:
It’s easy – It is indeed a very easy shrimp pasta recipe

It’s fast – The whole dish is ready in 20 minutes!

It’s yummylicious – buttery tomato sauce full of flavor!

3 from 1 vote

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Spicy Shrimp Spaghetti

Prep Time

5 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Spicy Shrimp Spaghetti is an easy and delicious dish ready in 20 minutes. Shrimp cooked in butter-y tomato sauce with garlic and served with pasta.

Course: Dinner, Lunch

Servings: 4

Calories: 561 kcal

Ingredients

• 14 oz Spaghetti (400g)
• 14 oz Pre-Cooked Shrimp , peeled & deveined (400g)
• 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter (30g)
• 6 Large Fresh Tomatoes
• 3 cloves Garlic
• A handful of Fresh Flat Leaf Parsley
• 1-2 tablespoons Soy Sauce
• 1 Chili Pepper of Your Choice
• Salt to Taste

Instructions

1. Start off with spaghetti. Cook them according to packet instructions. This is a quick recipe so they should be ready at the same time as the sauce.
2. In a large frying pan, melt the butter, add chopped tomatoes and cook on high temperature for 3-4 minutes. If needed, add a few tablespoons of water.
3. Meanwhile: Peel & thinly slice the garlic. Wash the chilies & slice them as well (I used 1 chili pepper – this was a very mild variety but you can add as much as you like – either less or more!
4. Add garlic + chili to the pan and cook for a further 5 minutes.
5. At last throw in the shrimp & finely chopped parsley, add soy sauce, mix well & cook for 4-5 minutes until the shrimp is heated through. Taste the sauce and season with salt, if needed.
6. Mix the sauce with drained spaghetti and serve!

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Nutrition Facts

Spicy Shrimp Spaghetti

Amount Per Serving

Calories 561 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8g 12%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 265mg 88%

Sodium 1039mg 43%

Potassium 792mg 23%

Total Carbohydrates 83g 28%

Dietary Fiber 5g 20%

Sugars 8g

Protein 35g 70%

Vitamin A 36.4%

Vitamin C 56%

Calcium 18.7%

Iron 22.9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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