Cajun Shrimp Pasta

Name: Cajun Shrimp Pasta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500g shrimp, peeled; 400g fettuccine; 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning; 1 onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 red pepper, diced; 1 cup passata; 1 cup cream; 2 tbsp butter; fresh parsley to garnish

Spicy Cajun-seasoned shrimp over fettuccine in a creamy tomato sauce. Cooking the shrimp separately and setting them aside before building the sauce stops them turning rubbery by the time everything comes back together.

Total time

30 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

500gshrimp, peeled

400gfettuccine

1 tbspCajun seasoning

1onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1red pepper, diced

1 cuppassata

1 cupcream

2 tbspbutter

fresh parsleyto garnish

Instructions

Season shrimp with Cajun seasoning. Pan-fry in butter 2 minutes per side. Remove.

Sauté onion, garlic and red pepper 5 minutes in the same pan.

Add passata and cream. Simmer 5 minutes.

Cook fettuccine until al dente.

Toss pasta with sauce and shrimp. Garnish with parsley.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

320

Protein

32.7g

Fat

18.6g

Carbs

8.6g

Fiber

1.4g

Sodium

251mg

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