Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta

Creamy Cajun Shrimp Pasta is an inexpensive, yet truly delicious meal that is full of great spice and can be made milder, if desired.

Course Main Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword easy pasta dishes, easy seafood recipes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 752kcal

Author Nicole Cook

Ingredients

½ pounds Shrimp
8 ounces Rigatoni Noodles
1 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1 Tablespoons olive oil
4 teaspoons cajun seasoning we use Lawry’s
4 Tablespoons butter
3 ½ cups heavy whipping cream I substituted with milk for 2 cups worth, due to the challenge

Instructions

In a bowl, toss in the cajun seasoning and the shrimp. Toss to coat it thoroughly.
Heat the butter and olive oil in a heavy bottomed pan over med. Heat until the butter stops foaming and just starts to turn a brownish color – sort of “tan”.
Add the seasoned shrimp and saute for 5-8 minutes until the shrimp is firm. While you are sautéing the shrimp, boil your water and cook Rigatoni as directed on box. Reduce heat and add the heavy cream and heat through, stirring frequently.
Pour shrimp and sauce over drained pasta and stir to coat the pasta. Sprinkle a little extra Lawry’s or Cajun Seasoning over the top of each serving, to give it the kick the desired recipient likes.
You can also add a 1/2 c. Parmesan cheese to the entire pasta dish and toss in.

Notes

I actually made my cream sauce differently and separately from the shrimp, because we made up a HUGE batch of this for the challenge so we could add different ingredients throughout the week and stretch it further.

I wish I had taken a photo of the size of this pot. It’s a lot of pasta in there! But we stretched it and it was perfect.

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