Shrimp Carbonara
- Shrimp Carbonara
- Recipe
- Ingredients
- Instructions
Restaurant-quality pasta made right at home in 25 minutes. Not to mention the creamy sauce with crisp bacon and tender-juicy shrimp!
Crisp bacon bits. Cream sauce. Shrimp and pasta.
It looks super fancy and all but trust me – it doesn’t get easier than this.
The secret here is the cream cheese.
It works as a really convenient shortcut in this cream sauce, coupled with the salty bacon bits along with the juicy shrimp chunks nestled throughout. And the peas add just enough pop of color to make this dish really stand out.
Not to mention Barilla Collezione Bucatini – my absolute favorite pasta to use here. It’s a thicker spaghetti to soak up all that creamy goodness without any waste.
And as always, you can finish this off with freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to taste. Remember, 1/4 cup is just a guideline. You know you can always add more.
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Recipe
Yield: 4 servings
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
2. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add bacon and cook until brown and crispy, about 6-8 minutes. Drain excess fat; reserving 1 tablespoon in the skillet. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate.
3. Add garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
4. Season shrimp with basil, oregano, salt and pepper, to taste. Add shrimp to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until pink, about 2-3 minutes.
5. Stir in cream cheese, half and half and peas until well combined, about 1-2 minutes. If the mixture is too thick, add more half and half as needed until desired consistency is reached.
6. Stir in pasta and bacon.
7. Serve immediately, garnished with Parmesan and parsley, if desired.
