The first time I had spaghetti with shrimps and mushroom was in Nha Thrang, Vietnam in 2016. I was really hungry and tired of the local food by then, so went straight into a small Italian restaurant called Carlo’s. And with a lot of doubt, I ordered one spaghetti with shrimps and mushroom.
To my surprise, it tasted delicious! They made it in a creamy alfredo base and I remember going back the next day for the same order. This recipe is inspired by that meal. Though this is a very simple preparation with no cream or cheese. This is, in fact, a spicy version with hot sauce and some lime juice for the extra zesty feel.
I have used baby shrimps in this version. You can use tiger prawns as well. Here are the steps:
INGREDIENTS
PROCEDURE
For the spaghetti:
- Heat water in a pan. Once it starts boiling, add 1 tbsp salt in the water. Now add the spaghetti and cook till it’s done.
For the pasta (Follow these steps while the spaghetti is cooking):
- Heat olive oil in a pan.
- Add the crushed garlic and fry for a minute.
- Throw in the baby shrimps and fry till they are semi-cooked.
- Next, add the mushrooms and fry till done.
- While the mushroom and shrimps cook together, add 1 tbsp hot sauce or Sschezwan sauce and mix well.
- Add some salty pasta water from the boiling spaghetti pan to this and stir.
- Transfer the cooked spaghetti to this pan and mix it well with the rest of the ingredients.
- Season the pasta with black pepper powder.
- The last step – add the lime juice and mix it all up.
- Your spicy shrimp spaghetti with mushroom is ready!
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