Lemon Basil Shrimp with Pasta

Good day, reader friends!

I hope you are taking care of yourself and keeping yourself healthy during these crazy and trying Corona Virus days.

Have you found yourself in the kitchen more lately? I have! It feels strange having not been to a restaurant in so long. I was going through the freezer yesterday and found a bag of shrimp so I pulled it out to use today. After thinking a while yesterday about how I wanted to use it, I settled on Lemon Basil Shrimp with pasta.

I have to apologize in advance. This was one of those meals I just quickly threw together with no intentions of using it for a blog post. It was just so delicious and people started asking for the recipe, I figured I would write it out as best as I could. There is no "recipe." I will just tell you what I did.

First, I put my water on the stove with a good amount of salt to boil the pasta. As the water heated, I placed my non-stick skillet on another eye to warm. I also used this time to drain the shrimp that thawed in the refrigerator overnight. I also gathered the ingredients and spices I wanted to use. I pulled out bottled lemon juice (I didn't have fresh lemons on hand.), dried basil, salt, garlic powder, and chili powder. Once the water started to boil, I turned up the heat on the skillet to medium-high heat and added two tablespoons of butter to melt. I then added the noodles to the boiling water to boil for 8 minutes. Once the noodles were boiling in the water, I added the drained bag of shrimp to the skillet with the melted butter. I lightly salted it. I stirred it around until the shrimp slightly started turning pink. Then I sprinkled lightly with chili powder. I also added a good amount of basil garlic powder, and lemon juice (I used several good squirts- it depends on your taste). I continued stirring until the shrimp were mostly done. There was liquid still in the pan. Don't worry if this happens with your shrimp. The pasta will absorb any remaining liquids. I removed the skillet with the shrimp from the heat. Once the noodles were done, I drained them well and added the noodles to the skillet with the shrimp. To the noodles and shrimp I added a couple more squirts of lemon juice, a little more basil, and one more tablespoon of butter. I returned the skillet to the hot eye and continued to toss the ingredients until the liquid was absorbed and the shrimp and noodles were done. That's it! It is a very quick and easy dish to whip up! I hope you have a chance to try it!