Linguini pasta gets a delicious make over with this 15-Minute Creamy Tomato Garlic Butter Shrimp! A quick and easy flavourful weeknight or weekend dinner that comes together in minutes!
15-Minute Creamy Tomato Garlic Butter Shrimp… Only 15 minutes? How much easier could a recipe get?!
This is one favour packed shrimp! Even my super picky 7 year old loved this, which is saying A LOT.
If you’re looking for a way to change up your pasta game —  this is it. Shrimp first gets sautéed in buttery garlic and a hint of basil, before being smothered in a creamy marinara sauce (or passata for us over here), with linguini, fettuccine, or your pasta of choice mixed through with a generous amount of parmesan cheese. Good…huh?
My house has become a crazy town. Videos flying left, right and centre. Children flying centre, right and left. Food flowing out of our ears. Daily supermarket runs happening in two’s or three’s because chemo brain equals colander brain (ie. many holes in it = thoughts drain out easily). And one pan meals, like these, saving my life.
You would think with all of the food being cooked in here, we wouldn’t need to come up with dinners… BUUUHT there are enough of us here to start a soccer team. Or, that’s what it feels like with the noise reaching critical levels.
All that chaos aside, I sat myself down last week with a glass of wine (may have been over-sized), and thoroughly enjoyed every creamy, tomato-ey, pasta/shrimp filled moment.
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Creamy Tomato Garlic Butter Shrimp
Ingredients
- 10 ounces | 300 g dry weight linguini (or any pasta)
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 2 tablespoons butter (or olive oil)
- 6 garlic cloves , minced
- 1 pound | 500 g raw jumbo shrimp (prawns), peeled and deveined
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon salt , divided
- 1 x 14-ounce | 400 g bottle passata or marinara sauce
- half a chicken bullion cube , crushed (or 1 teaspoon stock powder)
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley
- 1 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper , divided
- pinch of granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup milk (or half and half or heavy cream)
- grated Parmesan cheese , to serve
- extra fresh chopped parsley , to serve
Instructions
- Cook pasta al dente according to package instructions. Drain and set aside. (While pasta is boiling, prepare shrimp sauce.)
- Heat the butter in a large skillet or pan over medium heat. Add the onion and fry until transparent. Stir in the garlic and fry until fragrant (about 30 seconds), then add in the shrimp with the basil and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Sauté shrimp for 2 minutes on one side; flip and continue to sauté on the other side for a further minute.
- Quickly add in the sauce, crushed bullion (or stock powder), parsley, pepper sugar and remaining salt. Allow the sauce to heat through for another minute before adding the milk (or cream). Continue cooking for a further minute or until the shrimp are cooked through.
- Once the pasta is cooked and drained, stir it through the creamy tomato sauce; toss until combined. Season with extra salt if desired.
Cheryl says
Made this dish this past weekend…..one of the best I have ever tasted! And it was so easy!
Debbie says
I don’t have any chicken stock. What should I do
Mo says
Made this last night for me and my parents. We had leftovers.
Made more prawns tonight and added it to the reheated pasta and sauce.
DELISH!
Thanks for the share!
Mo P.S. Pinned this recipe to My Pinterest.
Fatima says
That was absolutely delicious, fast and easy to make, my family loved it !
Thank you very much.
Becky says
Made this tonight. I did shrimp for my guys and chicken for me due to allergies. Added a little spinach to it. So good! My guys even enjoyed it!
Molly says
Fantastic recipe, absolutely delicious and so simple to make.
Best student says
OMG I LOVE YOU KARINA! NAILED IT!
Joanne says
This recipe was absolutely delicious!!! My family loved it!!!!
Sadie says
Beautiful.
Although I made my own Mariana sauce.
Can’t wait to try all your other recipes.
Many Thanks.
Cindy says
I had to subsitute the fresh onion and garlic with powder form and marinara with diced tomatoes but it turned out delicious! I also added a cup of spinach. I will definitely be making this again!
Ann says
Oh my…my dinner plans got cancelled and I had no idea what to make for dinner. I had shrimp, so I used that in your recipe. I’m kinda glad my plans were cancelled! This was DELICIOUS! And so fast and easy! Thank you! I followed the recipe exactly, except for the prawns. What a hit!
YodaSoda says
Butter, garlic, marinara, shrimp and cream. Was pretty good, but I would like to try it again without the cream. I think butter/garlic/marinara might be more focused flavor profile.
Katalin Toth-Onodi says
Oh my! What a great recipe! I made it from fresh shrimps that we bought today at the fishmongers. It was a big hit with our 3 daughters. They said that this is the best shrimp/pasta combo that they have ever had and that I am a great cook 🙂 But the merit is not mine, I just followed the recipe. I will definitely make this regularly 🙂
Lisa says
Trying this tonight! Has anyone made this recipe doubled? I’m having 6 people and the recipe says it serves 4. Or should I just add a little more of the ingredients as I go?
James says
This is so delicious that I wouldn’t hesitate to double the recipe. I love it left over so I usually have it for lunch the next day.
Sharon says
Can I use thawed frozen prawns?
Dina Ghoneim says
I made it today
It was great , my family and I loved it
Thank u so much. Great recipe ?
I didn’t have marinara sauce, so I made it myself
Danielle says
This recipe is one of the best recipes I’ve ever made! In fact, I love it so much that I made it twice this week, and plan to make it once a week from now on! Thank you Karina!! I wish I could give it a thousand stars!
Danielle says
Hello! In the directions it doesn’t say when the divided black pepper is supposed to be added, or the pinch of sugar. I made this last night, and just added the pepper and sugar when I added the passata. I hope I did it right! Either way, it turned out to be amazing! Thank you so much!
Karina says
Yes you did! Thank you Danielle! I’m so glad it turned out!
Annette says
This is fabulous, extremely flavoursome and great for quick meal with tossed salad for unexpected guests
Zee says
I made this delicious creamy tomato garlic butter shrimp . My family loved it! It was so easy and fast to make . Thank you !!
Kim says
Loved this meal! Thanks, Karina!
Raine says
I made this dish for dinner last night. OMG. Delicious. The hole family enjoyed it and wanted more. Thanks for the new and easy dish being added to our family dinner.
Annette says
Great recipe. We loved it and the kids licked their bowls clean. THANK YOU
Teresa says
Lol when people can’t read and criticise you for it. My mom went out and bought shrimp to make this for me since I’ve been wanting shrimp and pasta but didn’t know what flavor to make it in. Your email answered my prayers.
Krystal says
😉
Krystal says
I’m in love with your recipes! Keep them coming please!
Beverly says
Oops!
Beverly says
You must get so frustrated with people who fail to read properly. I will rate this recipe appropriately because we made it for lunch and it was DELICIOUS! Easy to follow you never disappoint Karina dear. My favourite food site by far!
Ibrahim says
Hi Karina
You did not mention in the INGREDIENTS about creamy tomato sauce which will be used in the end.
Kindly advise.
Karina says
Hi. PLEASE re-read the ingredients list, numbers 8 and 13! These INGREDIENTS make up the creamy tomato sauce. In future, please make a recipe first before rating it!
Kim Davis says
Hi Karina
I was wondering if the prawns are supposed to be green (that is not already cooked) or are using already cooked prawns.
Regards
Kim
Karina says
Hi Kim. Yes raw prawns 🙂
Yodasoda says
If your prawns are green throw them away! LOL (plus recipe says to cook prawns so …)