We do not eat shrimp very often around here as shrimp is hard to find in a high quality form, but once every few months I make a meal with shrimp, like this tasty shrimp garlic pasta.
This Shrimp Garlic Pasta is rich in:
- Healthy fats from coconut oil
- Manganese and vitamin B6 from garlic, in addition to garlic’s anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and anti-viral roles
- Vitamin A, B3, B6, C, E, K, biotin, folate, copper, potassium, manganese, phosphorus, fiber from tomatoes
- Selenium, vitamin B12, proteins, phosphorus, choline, healthy fats, and copper from shrimp
- Vitamins K and C, chromium, folate, and fiber from broccoli
- manganese, vitamin K, copper, fiber from black pepper
- Vitamins A, B6 , K, fiber, copper, iron from chili flakes
- Trace minerals from sea salt
Tasty Tuesday: Shrimp Garlic Pasta
Author: Alina Muresan
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Serves: 4
Shrimp Garlic Pasta
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 10 small garlic cloves, minced (approximately 6 teaspoons of minced garlic) (see note*)
- 20 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 340 g (12 oz.) shrimp peeled, deveined, and cut in bite-sized pieces
- ½ cup coconut milk
- 220 g small pasta (see note**)
- 3 cups broccoli, chopped in bite-sized pieces
- Sea salt, to taste
- Black pepper, to taste
- Chili flakes (optional), to taste
Instructions
- Sauté garlic and tomatoes in coconut oil in a big pot. This is where you will mix all the ingredients later. Add the shrimp when the tomatoes are a little shrivelled. Sauté for 3 more minutes. Add coconut milk and stir everything together for another minute.
- Boil pasta separately with water, coconut oil, and salt in a large pot. Drain when cooked.
- Separately steam the broccoli.
- Add the shrimp sauce and broccoli over pasta. Mix well. Serve right away and sprinkle sea salt, black pepper, and chili flakes (if using).
Notes
* It might seem that there is a lot of garlic, but the garlic won't be overpowering once all the ingredients are mixed.
** Any small pasta works. This time I used elbow pasta.
** Any small pasta works. This time I used elbow pasta.
This great meal deserves a dessert! Avocado pudding topped with berries. Yummy!
Do you eat shrimp at your house? How do you usually prepare it?
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Hi Alina, we like shrimp on a barbecue, like shrimp skewers in a Teriyaki sauce marinade, with lots of garlic.
This sounds like a great easy to make recipe, I will try it for sure this weekend.
Thank you.
Georgi, shrimp skewers with garlic and Teriyaki sauce sound so yummy. Great idea!