Easiest Way to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat

Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat
Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat

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Make sure you use fresh ingredients for the best Whisk together Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add spaghetti, shrimp, and peas to the sauce. Are you enjoying your long weekend? Gently stir in the crabmeat, then the bread crumbs a little at a time, adding more as needed to gently bind.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat:
  1. Take Shrimp and crabmeat:
  2. Prepare 2 Tbsp olive oil
  3. Prepare 12 oz large shrimp
  4. Prepare 12 oz imitation crabmeat
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  7. Get Pasta:
  8. Take 1 # thin spaghetti
  9. Get 2/3 C olive oil
  10. Take 2/3 C Parmesan, grated, extra for topping
  11. Prepare 1 Tbsp lemon zest
  12. Get 1/2 C lemon juice (2 large lemons if squeezed)
  13. Take 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  14. Take 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
  15. Prepare 1/3 C fresh basil, chopped
  16. Make ready 2 Tbsp capers, fried briefly in olive oil

This seafood spaghetti recipe is stocked with shrimp and mussels—and an extremely simple tomato sauce. Serve this with our Feast of the Seven Fishes menu. Remove from heat, return shrimp and mussels to pot, and carefully toss to combine. Mix in parsley and lemon juice.

Steps to make Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat:
  1. For the shrimp: In a medium skillet, heat olive oil over medium high heat. Sprinkle the shrimp and crabmeat with the S&P, then add to the pan in a single layer and cook for 3 minutes on each side. Set aside.
  2. For the pasta: Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water until tender, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking, for 8 minutes. Drain and reserve the pasta water.
  3. While the pasta is cooking, whisk together the olive oil, Parmesan, lemon zest and juice in a large bowl. Toss the drained pasta with the lemon sauce, the shrimp and crabmeat and some of the reserved pasta water; add 1/4C at a time as needed to moisten. (I didn't need even a 1/4C) Add the S&P and basil and toss. Garnish with fried capers and more Parmesan cheese.
  4. How to fry capers: Drain, rinse and dry capers well. Heat 1/4" vegetable oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add capers and fry for 2 minutes. They should pop open and get brown and crispy. Using a slotted spoon, remove them to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Crunch up to garnish.

Remove from heat, return shrimp and mussels to pot, and carefully toss to combine. Mix in parsley and lemon juice. This creamy lemon shrimp spaghetti recipe is easy enough to make on a weeknight and impressive enough to serve at a dinner party. Ok so, this dish isn't exactly health food, but the occasional treat is fine. 😉 I made this creamy lemon garlic shrimp pasta with spaghetti, but you could definitely sub. Drain the pasta, then add to the pan with ¼ mug of pasta water and the crab, then toss everything together until well coated.

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