Easy Italian Shrimp Pasta

Name: Easy Italian Shrimp Pasta
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1½-2 cups shrimp (medium or large, peeled and deveined); 1 clove garlic (minced); ¼ cup olive oil; 3-4 tablespoons Italian parsley (freshly chopped divided); 1-2 pinches salt ((additional salt if desired)); 1-2 dashes hot pepper flakes or black pepper ((if desired)); 3 cups cooked long pasta (spaghetti)*

Prep 15 min Cook 10 min Serves 4 Source

Ingredients

1½-2 cups shrimp (medium or large, peeled and deveined)
1 clove garlic (minced)
¼ cup olive oil
3-4 tablespoons Italian parsley (freshly chopped divided)
1-2 pinches salt ((additional salt if desired))
1-2 dashes hot pepper flakes or black pepper ((if desired))
3 cups cooked long pasta (spaghetti)*

Steps

1
Cook the pasta al dente in a large pot of boiling salted water. Stirring often.
2
While the pasta is cooking, in a large frying pan add the olive oil, garlic, chopped parsley, shrimp, salt and hot pepper flakes. Cook on medium heat until shrimps are cooked and no longer pink approximately 5-6 minutes, if you use pre-cooked shrimp then cook for only 1-2 minutes, but watch them and stir occasionally, because you don't want them to burn or stick to the pan.
3
When shrimps are cooked, add the cooked al dente pasta and ¼ cup (60 grams) of pasta water, cook on high heat tossing together until the water has evaporated approximately 1 minutes, almost becoming a creamy mixture, serve immediately topped with fresh chopped parsley. Enjoy!