Shelby's Spaghetti

My favorite easy pasta – it actually tastes better as leftovers!

What you will need:

Olive oil

1 box of pasta – I prefer spaghetti but angel hair or anything else will work.

Crushed red pepper flakes – this is something you def have on hand at all times.

Garlic – you can use 1-3 cloves depending on your preference. Or if you have it already chopped up then a teaspoon will do.

Frozen shrimp – also something that you should have on hand at all times. They sell the big bags in the grocery store seafood freezer section. I get the ones w the tails but that just means you have to cut them off later.

Step 1:

Fill a large pot with water and add salt. This is for flavor as well as a method to help the water boil faster! Set a burner on high and wait for the water to boil. Once the water begins to boil empty the box of pasta in the water. It takes between 7-9 minutes for the pasta to cook. I recommend taking a piece out to bite as a test how firm it is.

After you place the pot of water on the stove take a small bowl and pour in the shrimp – about 5 or 6 per person – and run warm water over them. This helps to defrost them and once they are defrosted you can cut off the tails.

In a large sauce pan pour some olive oil – just enough to cover the bottom of the pan but do not make a lake! Chop up the garlic into very tiny pieces. Then add a few strong shakes of the crushed red pepper – depending on your spicy level – and add the garlic.

Let that cook for two minutes then add the shrimp. Now, the shrimp are already cooked but frozen so you should only cook them for about 3-4 minutes on each side.

Once the pasta is finished, turn off the burner and ladle out 2 CUPS OF THE COOKING WATER. Then drain the pasta.

Once the shrimp are done dump the pasta into the large sauce pan. Toss it and add a little bit of the reserved cooking water slowly until you are satisfied with the mixture.

Store any leftovers in a Tupperware in the fridge. It honestly tastes fabulous for lunch the next day!