Here’s a simple seafood boil pasta recipe (rich, buttery, spicy, and easy to make at home):
🦐 Seafood Boil Pasta Recipe
🧂 Ingredients
Seafood:
- 250g shrimp (peeled & deveined)
- 200g crab (optional, or crab sticks)
- 150g sausage (sliced)
Pasta:
- 300g pasta (linguine, spaghetti, or penne)
Boil & Sauce:
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 5–6 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 1–2 tsp chili flakes (adjust to taste)
- 1 tbsp paprika or seafood seasoning
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1–2 tsp salt (to taste)
- 1 cup milk or cream (optional for creamy version)
- 1/2 cup pasta water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Optional add-ins:
- Corn pieces
- Parsley for garnish
🍝 Instructions
1. Cook the pasta
- Boil pasta in salted water until al dente.
- Save 1/2 cup pasta water, then drain and set aside.
2. Cook the seafood
- Heat oil + 2 tbsp butter in a pan.
- Add garlic and onion, sauté until fragrant.
- Add sausage, cook until lightly browned.
- Add shrimp and crab, season with salt, pepper, paprika, and chili flakes.
- Cook until shrimp turns pink (2–3 minutes).
3. Make the sauce
- Add remaining butter.
- Pour in milk/cream (if using) and a bit of pasta water.
- Stir until slightly thick and glossy.
4. Combine
- Add cooked pasta into the pan.
- Toss everything together so the sauce coats evenly.
- Add lemon juice and adjust seasoning.
5. Serve
- Garnish with parsley or extra chili flakes.
- Serve hot with extra sauce on top.
🔥 Result
Rich buttery sauce, spicy heat, tender seafood, and pasta that absorbs all the flavor—like a seafood boil turned into comfort food.
If you want, I can also give you a Pakistani-style spicy version or a garlic butter restaurant version.
