This is a meal that tastes fancy but really needs no effort. It’s a super quick salmon and shrimp pasta tossed in the creamiest sauce . It is the perfect recipe for all you busy bees looking for something interesting to toss into your meal plan and if you are a SEA FOOD LOVER this is about to be your FAVOURITE THING!
I can’t believe I disappeared for 4 months!! Allow me explain myself… I started working a 9-5(I know I know) as part of university program. it was my first co-op and didn’t know what to expect so I went in with no plan what so ever and my stomach paid the price.
All I needed were fast recipes, I didn’t have too much time on my hands for my homeland delicacies. Student life and Worker life are two different lives and they both have their struggles but a similar struggle is TIME. That’s why I am going to be posting simple recipes that got me through those months.
Creamy Salmon and Shrimp Pasta recipe
This creamy salmon and shrimp pasta only takes 30 minutes and I was inspired by a comment I saw on instagram “Nigerians don’t use cream” it said. It’s not false but it’s not completely true either. “Traditional Nigerian foods” don’t… but Nigerian food is broad and certain adaptations of our own recipes incorporate cream and cheese.
Open your mind (and stomachs) to new things!!
Creamy pasta is not the typical Nigerian pasta but I know it is something the average Nigerian will enjoy. Salmon is not really a popular fish back home but those of us in the diaspora find salmon accessible and inexpensive. Wherever you are I NEED YOU TO TRY THIS RECIPE OUT YOURSELF and see what I mean.
“Did I mention that this is one of those pretend fancy meals. Serve this cheap meal and watch them hand you their birthright ”
INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED
- Pasta- any type
- olive oil or Butter or both
- heavy cream
- lemon juice
- skinless salmon
- shrimp
- garlic
- onion
- blended peppers
- spring onion
- Spices
How do you make Super Quick Creamy Salmon and Shrimp Pasta recipe
Prep the seafood by washing, drying with a paper towel and seasoning lightly. Boil pasta and set aside.
Heat butter/oil in a large pot and pan sear shrimp then salmon on each side for 30 seconds and set aside. Add more butter to the pan and sauté garlic till fragrant then add cream, lemon juice and blended peppers, spices and simmer till the sauce is thick. Then, add seafood into the sauce
Drain pasta and add the sauce and let it boil for 5 minutes and stir carefully. Garnish with chopped spring onions or parsley
How do you make pepper blend?
- Blend red bell peppers and some scotch bonnets finely.
- Add blend to a dry hot pot and let it cook till most of the moisture is gone
- place in a bowl and keep in freezer and use as needed
How to preserve your pasta
You can preserve your pasta by storing it in an airtight container in your fridge for 3 to 4 days. Since it is seafood I will STRONGLY advice finishing it the day off or within the first 3 days of cooking it.
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30- minute Creamy Salmon and Shrimp Pasta recipe-Super Quick & Easy
Equipment
- skillet or pan
- deep pot to boil pasta
Ingredients
- 1 Linguine pasta or any other pasta
- 1/2 lbs Salmon fillet Skinless
- Shrimp Peeled and Deveined
- 1 tbsp olive oil or any oil
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- spring onions for garnish
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 small onion
- 1/2 cup red pepper blend
Spices
- salt
- black pepper
- paprika
- thyme
Instructions
BOIL PASTA
- Fill large pot with water, season it with salt till water is as salty as the ocean, stir and bring water to boil.
- Add pasta to water and stir to prevent the pasta from sticking together
- Boil for 10- 15 minutes till it's semi-cooked
- Drain pasta and set aside
PREPARE SAUCE
- Peel shrimp , cut salmon into cubes and season both with salt, pepper, thyme and paprika.
- Add olive oil and butter to a skillet and once hot sear salmon for a few seconds on each side and set aside on a plate. Repeat step with shrimp and set aside
- Add a little more butter to the pan and fry onion and garlic till aromatic. followed by heavy cream, pepper blend and a little lemon juice
- Add seafood into the sauce and gently mix. Cook on low heat for 4 minutes or until the sauce thickens.( Add some pasta water if sauce is too thick)
- Add pasta to sauce and toss gently. Garnish with spring onions and serve
Notes
- You can buy skinless salmon or easily peel the skin off the salmon.
- Salmon and shrimp takes different times to sear. Sear shrimp for 30 seconds on each side
- I usually have pepper mix lying around but you can make yours at home by blending one bell pepper and 1 cayenne pepper and boiling it till it reduces to half it’s size
What made you start cooking?
That’s a great question! I started cooking because when I moved to college I was 17 and alone. I knew for sure I had to eat so I started cooking out of necessity and eventually of of passion!