Description
This easy garlic shrimp over pasta has the flavor of a restaurant dish, but without the added pull on your budget. (Plus, you don’t have to dress up to go out; you can cook and eat while wearing comfy yoga pants … or whatever is your style.)
Ingredients
Scale
- One bag of shrimp
- Garlic, to taste
- 1/2 stick to 2 sticks butter
- Olive Oil for frying
- Scallions
- Pasta (enough for your family)
- Chicken broth (optional, see notes)
Instructions
- In a large stock pot, boil pasta (the type of your choice).
- Take a saucepan and put it on medium heat. Drop in ½ to two sticks of butter and let it slowly clarify.
- Once the butter is nice and separated, put in freshly chopped garlic (a couple cloves to a bulb). Let the garlic simmer on low heat.
- Once your pasta is cooked to your liking, drain it and set in a nice serving bowl.
- Add the shrimp piece by piece to the clarified butter. The butter can be on a slow simmer. Slowly cook the shrimp; once it has turned color, it is done. If needed, flip the shrimp to get both sides cooked.
- Toss the butter, garlic, and shrimp in with the pasta, and serve right away!
Notes
The original recipe calls for 2 sticks of real butter. We stick with half to one stick and use chicken broth, which adds some great flavor and cuts the fat. A 1/2 stick of butter and a cup or so of fresh broth is delightful.