Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat:
- Make ready Shrimp and crabmeat:
- Make ready olive oil
- Take large shrimp
- Get imitation crabmeat
- Prepare kosher salt
- Make ready ground black pepper
- Get Pasta:
- Get # thin spaghetti
- Make ready olive oil
- Take Parmesan, grated, extra for topping
- Get lemon zest
- Prepare lemon juice (2 large lemons if squeezed)
- Take kosher salt
- Get ground black pepper
- Take fresh basil, chopped
- Make ready capers, fried briefly in olive oil
Steps to make Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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