🍤✨ Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta – Rich, Silky & Garlic-Lover Approved!

This pasta is buttery, lemony, and full of tender shrimp coated in a glossy garlic sauce. It’s quick, cozy, and tastes like something you’d get at a restaurant—without the fuss.

📋 ingredients:

• 12 oz spaghetti, linguine, or fettuccine

• 1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined

• 4 tbsp butter

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 5–6 cloves garlic, minced

• Juice of 1 lemon

• 1/2 cup chicken broth or dry white wine

• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

• 1/4 cup grated parmesan

• Salt & black pepper to taste

• Optional: chopped parsley, extra butter, or a splash of cream

🥣 directions:

cook the pasta

Boil pasta in salted water until al dente. Save 1/2 cup pasta water, then drain.

cook the shrimp

Season shrimp lightly with salt and pepper.

Heat olive oil + 2 tbsp butter in a skillet. Cook shrimp 1–2 minutes per side until pink. Remove and set aside.

make the garlic butter sauce

Add remaining butter to the skillet. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute until fragrant.

Pour in chicken broth (or wine) + red pepper flakes. Simmer 2–3 minutes to reduce slightly.

Squeeze in lemon juice.

bring it all together

Add pasta to the sauce with parmesan and a splash of pasta water. Toss until glossy and coated.

Add shrimp back in and toss gently.

serve

Top with parsley, extra parmesan, or a little more lemon.

💡 tips:

• Add spinach or cherry tomatoes for freshness

• For extra richness, stir in a tablespoon of cream

• Use jumbo shrimp for a luxurious vibe

⏲ prep time: 10 mins | cook time: 15 mins

serves: 3–4