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Siempre Homemade

Sun-dried tomato & shrimp pasta

This tasty sun-dried tomato & shrimp pasta is easy to make and comes together in 20 minutes.

Total
20 min

Ingredients

  • 1 lb rigatoni
  • 1 lb shrimp (peeled and deveined)
  • 8 oz sun-dried tomatoes (in olive oil)
  • 1/4 red onion (diced)
  • 6 cloves garlic (thinly sliced)
  • red pepper flakes (optional)
  • parsley
  • 1 tsp olive oil (for sauté)
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper
  • 1 cup pasta water (to create sauce)

Directions

  1. 1

    Start by boiling your pasta until 1 minute short of dente in salted water

  2. 2

    Meanwhile, sauté your onion in 1 tsp olive oil for 2 mins.

  3. 3

    Add the oil from the sun-dried tomatoes and garlic and sauté the onion and garlic for 2 more mins until fragrant and lightly browned.

  4. 4

    Add the sun-dried tomatoes and shrimp, salt & pepper. If you’re adding red pepper flakes add them now too and cook for 2 mins on each side or until cooked through.

  5. 5

    Add a cup of pasta water and mix to create a sauce.

  6. 6

    Add pasta and coat with the sauce. Adding more pasta water if needed.

  7. 7

    Finish with parsley and enjoy