Mushroom Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Mushroom Garlic Shrimp Pasta in a mildly spiced buttery sauce is packed with different texture and flavors. With all my favorite ingredients like caramelized mushrooms, Juicy shrimp, and Sundried tomatoes, I keep coming back to this recipe every time I crave pasta.
Not your regular creamy pasta, but this Spicy Mushroom Garlic Shrimp Pasta will blow your mind with all its deliciousness. Shrimps are tossed in a spicy seasoning and then cooked in butter until it is tender and juicy. Shrimps, Caramelized mushrooms, and sundried tomatoes make this Shrimp and Pasta dish close to any fancy restaurant-style pasta.
If there is one thing my daughter would eat without any complaints, it is pasta ( Ok, to be fair this pasta comes second to Baked Mac and Cheese). And I get a thumbs-up every single time. Even my husband says it is nice to take a break from creamy, rich pasta. So there is no doubt, I make it quite in rotation.
What Ingredients do you need?
This recipe calls for easily available ingredients.
- Pasta– I have linguine here but just any shape of pasta will do.
- Shrimps– Fresh or Frozen, both would work here. Clean and devein the shrimps. I like to keep the tails on because we absolutely love those crunchy bits.
- Mushroom- Mushroom cleaned and sliced.
- Seasoning– Italian seasoning, paprika, salt, and pepper. That’s all.
- Butter and Oil – Butter for the rich sauce. Because oil has a high smoking point, it prevents the butter from burning.
- Sundried Tomatoes – These sweet and tart sundried tomatoes are just amazing. These have umami and the oil is also really flavourful.
- Garlic- Well, garlic makes everything better. more, the better.
Variations –
- Veggies – Add red peppers, spinach to the pasta for some fiber.
- Instead of Italian seasoning, paprika, try adding Cajun seasoning for extra kick.
How To Make Mushroom Garlic Shrimp Pasta?
- Start with cooking pasta in well-seasoned water until it is al dente, for about 8-10 minutes—Reserve half a cup of pasta water to use later.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat butter and oil in another pan. Cook shrimp along with seasoning until it’s no longer pink. Cooking shrimp doesn’t take more than 3-4 minutes. Keep aside the shrimp in a bowl.
- To the same pan add sliced mushroom. Cook undisturbed for 2-3 minutes for the mushroom to become golden brown. Toss and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, cooked pasta, shrimp, and any juice in the bowl back to the pan.
- Toss everything well and the dinner is ready
Helpful Recipe Tips
- Shrimp gets overcooked in no time. So make sure you cook it just right.
- Perfectly caramelized mushroom elevates the dish. So if the pan can’t hold all the mushrooms in one shot, cook them in batches. Check out this Garlic Butter Mushroom recipe for all the tips to get perfectly caramelized mushrooms every time.
- It goes without saying, for any pasta recipe salt the water well while cooking the pasta.
How to Store Leftovers
Good thing about dairy-free pastas is that they store well, in fact can easily be frozen. Leftovers can be refrigerated up to 3 days for in an airtight container. To reheat, just put it in the microwave until warm. The pasta might seem a little dry ( its common as pasta soaks up liquid), while reheating, add a splash of chicken stock to get back the moisture.
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Mushroom Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 ounce Uncooked linguine (250 gms)
- 1 pound Shrimps Cleaned and deveined
- 1 pound Mushroom Sliced
- 2 tablespoon Butter
- ½ tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Garlic minced
- ½ cup Sundried Tomato Along with 2 tablespoons oil from the jar
- grated parmesan cheese and fresh Italian basil to garnish.
Seasoning for Shrimps
- ½ tablespoon Garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Pepper
Instructions
- Cook dry pasta in seasoned water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup of cooked pasta water.
- While the pasta is cooking, heat 1 tablespoon butter and oil in a pan. (You can also use the oil from sundried tomato)
- Toss shrimp with garlic powder, 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning, paprika, salt. and pepper. Add to the hot skillet. Sear on medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Flip and sear on the other side for another 2 minutes. Remove from the pan and keep aside.
- To the same pan add rest of the butter followed by sliced mushrooms. Cook mushrooms undisturbed for 3-4 minutes and let it brown. Then flip and cook again for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in the minced garlic and saute for a minute unitl the garlic doesn't smell raw.
- Add cooked pasta, Shrimp (along with any juice from the bowl while resting), chopped sun-dried tomato. Add 1/3 cup pasta water and toss everything well.
- Serve with some freshly grated parmesan and fresh basil on top.
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Notes
- If the Italian seasoning contains salt, then adjust the salt quaintity as per taste, keeping in mind pasta was also seasoned while cooking.
- For extra heat, sometime I add dash of red pepper flakes.
- To caramelize mushroom well, don’t overcrowd the pan. If the skillet is not big enough, cook in 2 batches.
I had all the ingredients, so I decided that was for dinner. It was a hit at home last night!
Enjoyed this for dinner tonight. My husband and I loved it. Quick and easy meal to prepare. Thank you
Delicious, quick, and easy for a company- worthy meal add a salad and a white wine- better than dining out. Will definitely add this to my recipe repatoire!
Very flavorful. It DOES not however need a full cup of water added to the shrimp and mushrooms. 1/2 a cup would be plenty
I made this tonight for my MIL’s birthday dinner! Everyone loved it! I did substitute woodfired garlic seasoning for the paprika but only because I had some! Delicious!
Thank You! Super happy to know everybody loved it 🙂
Delicious! I added a bit of thinly sliced onions, orange bell peppers & spinach to the mushrooms. I used an entire box of spaghetti so added 1 cup of pasta water.