Saturday, April 28, 2012

Shrimps with butter lemon sauce & Garlic Pasta


I love seafood specially shrimps. I love how they absorb all the flavors added and develops to a new dish. Here’s a shrimp recipe that’s soo easy and flavorful .When I came across this recipe I doubted its result as  it asks for  only have 3 ingredients ( plus the shrimps of course) so I prepared a sample of it beside other already  tested seafood dishes J but it turned out  great  and my husband and daughter asked for more. Here we go

Ingredients:
½ kilo large size shelled and cleaned shrimps
2 tablespoons butter + 1 tablespoon olive oil
2 small lemon juices
3 garlic gloves (1 tablespoon minced garlic)
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Directions:
In a saucepan on medium heat put 1 tbsp butter and oil the add shrimps. Toss shrimps  until half cooked then add the remaining butter , garlic, salt and pepper .Toss the shrimps until coated completely with butter and garlic ,add lemon juice stir then add parsley.(if they are not cooked as you desire add 3 tbsp water till absorbed) .Serve with white rice or Garlic buttered pasta (recipe follows)
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GARLIC BUTTERED PASTA
Ingredients:
1 package spaghetti Pasta
½ tbsp minced garlic
2 tbsp butter
Salt
Water for Pasta
Directions:
Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain in a colander in the sink.In a saucepan put butter and garlic till you smell its aroma, add salt (if pasta isn’t salty enough) toss pasta with the sauce together and serve with shrimps.

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