Zesty Seafood Pasta

A light and elegant pasta dish featuring a mix of shrimp, scallops, and mussels tossed in a bright lemon-garlic butter sauce. A pinch of red pepper flakes adds a subtle heat that complements the sweetness of the fresh seafood. Finished with fresh parsley, it’s a restaurant-quality meal that is surprisingly simple to make at home.

Prep 15 minCook 60 minTotal 75 minUpdated Jul 3, 202675 minHigh Protein

A light and elegant pasta dish featuring a mix of shrimp, scallops, and mussels tossed in a bright lemon-garlic butter sauce. A pinch of red pepper flakes adds a subtle heat that complements the sweetness of the fresh seafood. Finished with fresh parsley, it’s a restaurant-quality meal that is surprisingly simple to make at home.

Ingredients

  • 1 large egg Extra Wide Egg Noodle
  • 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 13.33 oz Onion, diced
  • 1/4 tsp Green Bell Pepper, diced
  • 2 stalks Celery, diced
  • 2 cloves Garlic, diced
  • 1 tbsp Parsley
  • 1/4 tsp Sage, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Basil, chopped
  • 0.32 tbsp Lemon, zested juiced
  • 1/2 tsp Thyme
  • 2 tbsp Cilantro
  • 1/2 tsp Dill Weed
  • 1/4 tsp Sea Salt Black Pepper, ground
  • 85 g Crawfish Tail, peeled thawed undrained
  • 0.17 oz Shrimp, peeled deveined
  • 1 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup Half-and-half

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl.
  2. Heat olive oil in a large pot over low heat; cook and stir onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic in the hot oil until onion is lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes.
  3. Mix parsley, sage, basil, and lemon zest in a bowl; stir into onion mixture. Cook until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. Pour 1 cup seafood stock in a measuring cup and set aside; pour remaining stock and lemon juice into onion mixture. Stir in thyme, cilantro, dill, sea salt, and black pepper; cook until flavors have blended, about 5 minutes. Add crawfish to seasoned stock mixture; cook until crawfish are heated through, 3 to 4 minutes.
  5. Stir shrimp into crawfish mixture; cook until shrimp are pink and cooked through, about 5 more minutes. Remove crawfish and shrimp from sauce using a slotting spoon; transfer to a bowl and cover.
  6. Whisk cornstarch into reserved 1 cup seafood stock until completely dissolved; stir into sauce. Cook, stirring constantly, at a simmer until sauce has thickened, about 5 minutes.
  7. Mix half-and-half and Creole seasoning into sauce until fully incorporated and warmed; add crawfish and shrimp back into sauce. Toss sauce with egg noodles.

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