Shrimp, crab and pasta in one pot — Cajun Seafood Pasta, Garlic Seafood Pasta, Lemon Seafood Pasta and Seafood Pasta Salad for busy weeknights.
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This Cajun Pasta can be made to preference with desired proteins and heat level. It’s creamy, garlicky and flexible so can be made to taste. Friendly for those with egg allergies , dairy allergies, and soy allergies. Can be made for those with seafood allergies as well (just omit seafood).
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Open in Pepper →A bag of frozen shrimp and a box of pasta will feed the whole table in about the time it takes the water to boil. Seafood cooks fast, so most of the work is the sauce, and even that comes together in one skillet.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when they want dinner to feel a little special without a trip to the store — a Friday night, a birthday at home, or a Sunday when everybody's tired of chicken.
Every recipe here leans on shrimp, crab or lobster and a sauce worth mopping up: Cajun Seafood Pasta, Garlic Seafood Pasta with clams, Creamy tomato seafood pasta, Seafood Pasta with Arrabiata Sauce, and a cold Seafood Pasta Salad for potlucks.
Add shrimp last
Shrimp need 2 to 3 minutes total and turn rubbery fast. Stir them into the hot sauce off the heat and let them finish there.
Save the pasta water
Scoop out 1 cup before draining. A few splashes loosen a cream or tomato sauce and help it cling to the noodles.
Thaw seafood properly
Set frozen shrimp or a seafood medley in a colander under cool running water for 5 minutes, then pat dry so it sears instead of steams.
Cool pasta salad first
Rinse the rotini in cold water and chill it at least 1 hour before dressing, or the sauce soaks in and dries out.