Shrimp Pasta in a Spicy Tomato Sauce
by Alina Orozco
Shrimp Pasta in a Spicy Tomato Sauce is the ultimate comfort dish. It’s the kind of seafood pasta recipe you can make for one or serve it up at your next dinner party. Simple, delicious and satisfying. Everything a pasta dish should be.
Why You’ll Love This Easy Shrimp Pasta in Spicy Tomato Sauce Recipe
What I love the most about this shrimp and spaghetti recipe is that it comes together by using pantry staples and a frozen bag of shrimp.
Shrimp from the freezer defrost quickly and make this simple shrimp tomato pasta a delicious weeknight meal you can serve in just about half an hour or so.
Ingredients to Make This Easy Spaghetti with Shrimp in Tomato Sauce
- shrimp
- pasta
- small onion
- can crushed tomatoes
- crushed red pepper flakes
- garlic cloves
- salt and pepper
- fresh basil
Another reason to love this recipe is that you don’t have to spend hours simmering a delicious tomato sauce from scratch. Instead, you can simply use jarred marinara sauce or any jarred tomato sauce you have on hand.
This shrimp pasta dish is so versatile. The ingredients can be added or swapped. Any pasta you may have on hand works great for this dish, as well as any seafood. If you like crab, I highly recommend adding crab to this pasta dish for a spicy shrimp and crab pasta.
Shrimp Pasta in a Spicy Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 lb pasta
- 1 small onion, diced
- 16 oz whole plum crushed tomatoes or any tomato sauce
- 2 tbsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- Salt & pepper
- fresh basil
Instructions
- Defrost your shrimp and pat dry. If using fresh shrimp, wash thoroughly and pat dry. Season liberally with salt and pepper
- In a bowl and 1 garlic clove chopped and 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon pepper flakes. Mix in the shrimp and let them sit in the mixture.
- Meanwhile, boil a large pot of lightly salted water, and cook the pasta, until al dente.Then a large saucepan. Add the shrimp, and cook for about two minutes each side, until the shrimp turn pink. Set shrimp aside.
- Add half of the olive oil, the onion and the garlic to a the saucepan, cooking on medium heat until the onion is translucent, about 2-4 minutes.
- Pour in the tomatoes when the garlic begins to sizzle and the onion has sautéed. Season with the salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes before bringing to a boil.
- Lower the heat, and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the shrimp back to the sauce.
- Combine pasta and shrimp to the red sauce, toss gently.
- Sprinkle with basil leaves and serve immediately.