Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Meanwhile, whisk the olive oil, parmesan and lemon zest and juice in a large bowl to blend. Make sure you use fresh ingredients for the best Whisk together Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add spaghetti, shrimp, and peas to the sauce.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon spaghetti with shrimp and crabmeat:
- Take Shrimp and crabmeat:
- Prepare 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 12 oz large shrimp
- Get 12 oz imitation crabmeat
- Make ready 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- Get 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- Prepare Pasta:
- Make ready 1 # thin spaghetti
- Prepare 2/3 C olive oil
- Take 2/3 C Parmesan, grated, extra for topping
- Take 1 Tbsp lemon zest
- Prepare 1/2 C lemon juice (2 large lemons if squeezed)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- Get 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- Take 1/3 C fresh basil, chopped
- Take 2 Tbsp capers, fried briefly in olive oil
Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, feed in the spaghetti and cook for the time it says on the pack. Toss in shrimp, salt and pepper to taste, and stir until shrimp start to turn pink, but are not fully cooked. Return cooked pasta to the pot, add remaining butter, parmesan, and parsley. Stir until well mixed and the butter is melted.
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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