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Brown shrimp pasta with garlic and chives

Name: Brown shrimp pasta with garlic and chives
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian recipes
Ingredients: 400g linguine; 30g unsalted butter; 2 tbsp olive oil; 90g pack brown shrimp (widely available); 3-4 garlic cloves; 1-2 lemons; Handful fresh chives; To serve (optional); Bitter leaf salad

Published: 3 Jul 15
Updated: 18 Mar 24

This simple midweek pasta recipe uses few, but tasty, ingredients including brown shrimp, butter, garlic and lemon.

Our linguine with spinach, courgettes and brown shrimp puts an extra elegant twist on this easy pasta dish.

Easy
June 2015

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Hands-on time 20 min

This simple midweek pasta recipe uses few, but tasty, ingredients including brown shrimp, butter, garlic and lemon.

Our linguine with spinach, courgettes and brown shrimp puts an extra elegant twist on this easy pasta dish.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 460kcals
Fat: 12.1g (4.8g saturated)
Protein: 17.8g
Carbohydrates: 71.3g (3.4g sugars)
Fibre: 4.1g
Salt: 2.2g

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Ingredients

400g linguine
30g unsalted butter
2 tbsp olive oil
90g pack brown shrimp (widely available)
3-4 garlic cloves
1-2 lemons
Handful fresh chives

To serve (optional)

Bitter leaf salad

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Method

Boil the pasta in a large pan of salted water until al dente. Drain, reserving a ladleful of the cooking water.
Meanwhile, heat a sauté pan over a medium-high heat, then add the butter and oil. Once the butter starts to foam, toss in the shrimp. Crush the garlic into the pan and season well. Cook for around 2 minutes or until the garlic smells fragrant, then add the zest and juice of one of the lemons. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
Stir the pasta and the reserved cooking water through the shrimp mixture. Cook over a low heat for a minute or so to combine the flavours. Finely chop and scatter over the chives, then taste and add more lemon juice if you think it needs it. Serve with a bitter leaf salad, if you like.