High Protein Pasta Recipes
High-protein pasta recipes hitting 30g+ per plate — chickpea and lentil pastas, cottage cheese sauces, and lean meat-loaded classics.
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PopularGarlic butter Shrimp Pasta
A featured recipe from the High Protein Pasta Recipes collection.
Ingredients
- 1 bag Shrimp
- 1 box Angel hair pasta
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp paprika
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
- 1 tbsp Parsley
- 1/2 cup Pasta water
- 1/4 cup Parmesan
- 1 tsp Garlic Salt (optional)
Instructions
- 1Peel and devein your shrimp and leave in a seperate bowl. Start boiling your pasta to your desired tenderness. Preheat a large skillet for your shrimp
- 2In the seperate bowl, season your shrimp with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, parsley and cajun seasoning. Mix well
- 3In your large skillet melt down 2 tbsp of butter and add minced garlic and sauté until fragrant. Then add shrimp
- 4When the pasta is ready, save half a cup of the pasta water and drain pasta and then add back to the warm pot. Take 2 tbsp of butter add to pasta and mix in until butter is fully melted
- 5Once shrimp are fully cooked add in cooked pasta and pasta water. Mix shrimp in well and top with parmesan to melt. Can also add garlic salt if preferred.
- 6Plate and ready to serve!
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The trick to high-protein pasta isn't the noodle — it's the ratio. A pound of lean meat, a scoop of cottage cheese in the sauce, and suddenly a bowl clears 40 grams without tasting like a diet.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when they want the comfort of a pasta night without blowing the daily protein target.
Every recipe here lands at 30g+ of protein per serving using either legume-based pasta, cottage cheese sauces, or generous lean protein.
Quick Tips
- 1
Cottage cheese blends into any sauce
Blend a cup smooth and it disappears into red or white sauce — 25g protein, zero grit.
- 2
Chickpea pasta cooks fast
Watch it closely — Banza and lentil pasta turn mushy 90 seconds past al dente.
- 3
Save that pasta water
Starchy water thickens protein-heavy sauces so cottage cheese doesn't break.
- 4
Ground turkey holds its own
A pound of 93/7 ground turkey doubles the plate's protein without changing the flavor.
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