If you love shrimp and are simply short on time you'll enjoy every bite of this recipe. It's easy and quick to make as the sauce can be cooked while the pasta is boiling. My first attempt at making this I had both the pasta and sauce ready at the same time. If I can do that so can you!
Recipe Instructions
- Buy a pound of frozen self serve shrimp
- Peel the shrimp and remove intestines unless already done
- Chop 3 fresh Roma tomatoes (regular tomatoes work too)
- Chop 4-5 large garlic cloves
- Wash and chop about 20 leaves of basil
- Squeeze all the juice out of 1 lemon into a cup
- Boil the linguine pasta
- Add a thin layer of olive oil in a pan and heat at medium
- Sautee garlic for about 1 minute till golden but do not brown!
- Add shrimp and cook for about 2 minutes on medium
- Add tomatoes and basil, cook for another 2 minutes
- Add pepper and salt to taste
- Add lemon juice to the sauce
- Remove the boiling water and put the pasta in the pan with the sauce
- Mix the pasta well and then serve