Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat:
- Get Shrimp and crabmeat:
- Prepare olive oil
- Take large shrimp
- Prepare imitation crabmeat
- Prepare kosher salt
- Prepare ground black pepper
- Take Pasta:
- Make ready # thin spaghetti
- Get olive oil
- Take Parmesan, grated, extra for topping
- Take lemon zest
- Make ready lemon juice (2 large lemons if squeezed)
- Make ready kosher salt
- Take ground black pepper
- Take fresh basil, chopped
- Make ready capers, fried briefly in olive oil
Instructions 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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