Shells Shrimp and Garlic Pasta comes from a very popular Florida restaurant chain. This is one of their most requested recipes. This is a quick and easy dish to make at home.
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Easy Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Anyone can make this recipe at home. One taste and you’ll want to put this on your weekly menu. Do you enjoy recipe videos? I made one of this recipe so you can see how to make it. Scroll down to the recipe card to find the video and watch it.
A Popular Shells restaurant recipe
Shells is a very popular Florida restaurant chain renowned for its great seafood in a casual setting. This delicious shrimp pasta dish is one of their most requested pasta recipes. Many of us don’t live near Shells, but you can make this classic dish at home.
Succulent shrimp in a creamy wine and garlicky sauce pairs nicely with linguine. It’s quick and easy, and dinner will be ready in no time.
In this dish, the pasta is clearly present. But you won’t feel like you’re eating a giant heap of mostly linguine with a few scarce shrimp dotted sparsely about as though they’ve been rationed.
When you make this shrimp and pasta recipe, you’ll feel like a chef in a fancy restaurant. Even though what you’re actually doing is just cooking noodles and enjoying a little wine.
This pasta recipe is ideal for all kinds of occasions. Maybe you just need a simple meal for a weeknight (always!)? Perhaps you plan to prepare dinner for that special someone? This is the perfect dish for that February holiday that begins with a “V” and ends in chocolate!
You can reuse this garlic sauce on other seafood pasta recipes. It’s a classic and will go with lobster and crab too.
Ingredients
- Linguine pasta
- Butter
- Shrimp
- White wine
- Olive Oil
- Garlic
- Salt and Pepper
- Heavy Cream
- Soy Sauce
How to Make Garlic Shrimp Pasta
- Add the linguine and butter to a pot of salted boiling water and cook until almost al dente. Drain and set aside.
- In a large saucepan over medium-high heat, combine wine, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, heavy cream, and soy sauce.
- Stir in the shrimp then add the linguine.
- Stir gently for a few minutes until the shrimp are done and the linguine is fully cooked.
Do not overdo the soy sauce
Be very careful with the soy sauce. You only need two dashes for the entire pan. But don’t skip it either. You might think, “oh just two dashes? I’ll just leave it out.” But the soy sauce adds the depth and saltiness that makes it taste like the sauce from Shells Restaurant.
Can You Use Frozen Shrimp?
Many people keep frozen shrimp on hand as a staple, so you don’t have to be a seafood purist. You can buy frozen raw shrimp with the tails, shells, and veins removed, and save yourself oodles of time.
Frozen shrimp thaw quickly and cook in less than four minutes. Also, unless you live near the ocean, the “fresh” shrimp you buy at the supermarket has usually arrived frozen and are then thawed prior to being sold.
What type of pasta can you use?
If you want the garlic shrimp pasta to taste like the one from Shells Restaurant, then use linguine noodles. If you don’t have linguine noodles. you can use fettucini noodles instead. I’ve seen recipes use angel hair pasta too. Feel free to be creative and try different types of pasta and see which you like best.
How long do you cook shrimp?
This depends on whether you buy raw or pre-cooked shrimp. Raw shrimp usually takes about 5 minutes to fully cook. You will know it’s cooked all the way when it is nice and pink, like in my pictures.
Recommended Tools
- I love a pot with a removable strainer insert. It makes draining the pasta easy.
- You can use a knife to finely chop the garlic, but a garlic press makes the job much easier.
More Shrimp and Pasta Recipes
- Red Lobster Shrimp Pasta
- Killer Shrimp
- Shrimp Caprese
- Shrimp Tempura
- Shrimp Squid Pasta
- Ruth’s Chris BBQ Shrimp
- Crispy Beer Batter Shrimp
- Easy Shrimp Alfredo Pasta
- Cajun Shrimp
- Coconut Shrimp
Popular Shellfish Recipes
Be sure to check out more of my easy seafood recipes and the best copycat pasta recipes.
Let me know what your favorite shrimp pasta dish is. I love hearing from my readers.
Shells Shrimp and Garlic Pasta
Ingredients
- 8 ounces linguine
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 pound shrimp — cleaned and halved
- 1/2 cup Olive oil
- 1/2 cup dry White Wine
- 8 cloves garlic — crushed
- 2 dashes soy sauce
DO NOT OVERDO - 2 cups heavy cream
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the linguine and butter to a pot of salted boiling water and cook until almost al dente. Drain and set aside.
- In a large saucepan, combine the wine, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper, heavy cream and soy sauce. Stir in the shrimp then add the linguine. Over medium-high heat, stir gently for a few minutes until the shrimp are done and the linguine is fully cooked.
- Serve immediately. This dish will seem a little runny at first but will set up and turn into a wonderful sauce.
Ron
Wasn’t there a blackened or Cajun version to this reciepe?
Stephanie Manley
I don’t know. Maybe another reader could comment.
Sue
Can you use Coconut milk instead of cream? If not, what can you use?
Stephanie Manley
I think that would work, but I do believe it may change the flavor a bit.