Garlic Shrimp and Sun-Dried Tomatoes with Pasta in Spicy Cream Sauce – a delicious, Italian-inspired seafood pasta recipe. If you want to make something different with shrimp, try this recipe! It’s easy and you’ll love it if you like sun-dried tomatoes.
There is lots of sauce in this seafood pasta. Be careful not to overcook the shrimp (which is easy to do). But even if you do overcook the shrimp, there is so much cream sauce, you won’t even notice if the shrimp does get rubbery. That’s the beauty of this recipe. Garlic Shrimp together with Sun-Dried Tomatoes is smothered in Spicy Creamy Sauce and served over fettuccine pasta. With everything spiced up with basil and crushed red pepper. Italian-inspired comfort food that’s super easy to make!
How to cook seafood pasta with shrimp (step-by-step photos):
Start by cooking sun-dried tomatoes with minced garlic in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, then add shrimp, half and half, and spices:
Add cooked pasta and mix everything in:
Adjust spices by adding more of basil, crushed red pepper, and salt:
This is an Italian-inspired seafood pasta recipe with lots of flavors at play. Garlic Shrimp together with Sun-Dried Tomatoes is smothered in a lot of Spicy Creamy Sauce and served over fettuccine pasta. Everything spiced up with basil and crushed red pepper. YUM!
- 1/2 lb shrimp (Use unfrozen uncooked shrimp. If you have to, you can use unfrozen cooked shrimp - it will work here too)
- 4 oz sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 cup half and half or milk
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese freshly shredded
- 8 oz fettuccine pasta (use gluten free brown rice fettuccine for gluten free version)
- Note: if using sun-dried tomatoes in oil (in a jar), make sure to drain sun-dried tomatoes from oil, before using them. Reserve 2 tablespoons of this drained oil for sauteing as described below:
- In a large skillet, saute minced garlic and sun-dried tomatoes (drained from oil) in 2 tablespoons of oil (reserved from the sun-dried tomatoes jar - see note above) for 1 minute until garlic is fragrant.
- Add shrimp, sprinkle with a small amount of salt, paprika, and cook on medium heat for about 2 more minutes.
- Add half and half, basil, and crushed red pepper to the skillet with shrimp, bring to boil and reduce to simmer. Whisk the Parmesan cheese into the hot cream and stir to melt cheese, on lowest heat setting, until cheese is melted. Remove the sauce from heat. Add more salt, basil and more crushed red pepper if desired, to taste.
- In the mean time, cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain (reserving some pasta water). Add cooked pasta to the creamy mixture, add more salt, basil and more crushed red pepper if desired, to taste.
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made this tonight for the first time and it was amazing! I actually put it over zoodles! All 4 of my kids said it was one of their favorite meals! Thank you so much!
Andrea, you’re very welcome! 🙂
Good Evening!
Would you be able to tell me how much a serving size is for this recipe (I.e. 1 cup)? This recipe looks delicious! I am trying to learn how to count my calories and nutrients for a healthier lifestyle.
Thank you for your time.
The total recipe makes 4 servings. I haven’t measured it in cups but if you divide the whole recipe equally into 4 plates/bowls, you’ll get 1 serving in each plate/bowl.
This was seriously delicious….my sons both said this is a keeper, and my husband thought I should have doubled the recipe. Thanks for making me the dinner hero tonight!
You’re so welcome! Your comment made my day! So glad your family enjoyed this recipe.
Such an easy and yummy recipe! Thank you so much for sharing. I used to make this A LOT back in 2016 and recently found my way back to making this delish dish!
Thank you, Kat! So nice to know you’ve been making this recipe for a while now. Thank you for such a kind comment! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe, came out great and the kids loved it.
You’re very welcome! So glad you liked it! 🙂
Looks amazing and tastes great. The whole family loved it. Will make it a family favorite.
Thank you, Jennie! Your comment made my day! 🙂
I made this tonight, added some onions like someone else did, and this way AMAZING!! Absolutely delicious!! Thanks for sharing!! Love it!
You’re very welcome! I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂