15 Shrimp Pasta Recipes You Can Serve Any Night of the Week

Eat this shrimp dish with crusty bread, twirled into pasta, or straight up with a fork and knife. It's an Italian American-inspired recipe that is savory, garlicky, a little acidic, and all-around fresh.

Even if you're not a fan of heat, fresh corn kernels, fragrant fennel, and shrimp balance the chipotle flavor in this 30-minute shrimp and pasta dish.

No heavy cream here! Make some magic (a lighter alfredo sauce) with just starchy pasta water, Parmesan cheese, an egg yolk, and butter. Add shrimp and peas to complete the picture-perfect dish.

This two-part wonder is worthy of a special occasion. Homemade bow-tie pasta with squid ink, which adds a dark hue and faint salty flavor, is tossed with a tomatoey shellfish sauce and large sautéed shrimp.

Craving classic spaghetti and meatballs but trying to reduce your consumption of red meat? Try this innovative riff in which shrimp are puréed, mixed with panko breadcrumbs, basil, and Pecorino Romano, then formed into balls and lightly poached.

Make this quick and easy shrimp pasta dinner for your family tonight. It's simple, light, and guaranteed to please.

Here's an all-around classic recipe for fettuccine alfredo, complete with a rich cream sauce and plenty of cheese. The unexpected addition is shrimp, which are sautéed with garlic, butter, and lemon zest.

You can create this simple pasta dish in just minutes: While the pasta cooks, fry the bacon, then sauté the shrimp in the rendered fat along with the scallions and garlic. To double the number of shrimp, split them in half lengthwise.

Rosemary and red-pepper flakes add zing to garlicky shrimp scampi. Toss the shrimp with spaghetti for a quick, sophisticated pasta dinner.

A sunny combo of peppers—red, orange, and yellow—lends sweetness and color to this dish of angel-hair pasta and shrimp, while thinly sliced salami adds a bit of salty flavor. You can adjust the amount of pepperoncini (or omit it altogether), depending on your family's taste.

A spoonful of tomato paste adds a little blush to the luscious sauce of white wine and crème fraîche in this shrimp-and-pasta dinner.

Feta, garlic, lemon, and fresh dill give a sunny hint of the Greek isles to this easy shrimp and pasta meal.

Shrimp meatballs? Absolutely! Adding a little ground chicken keeps these garlicky meatballs moist and tender.

Yogurt and lemon juice create a creamy and refreshing dressing for this shrimp pasta salad; mint and olives give it a Greek flair.

Marinara isn't just for meatballs! Spice up your shrimp with this zesty, garlicky tomato sauce and spoon it over pasta for a spaghetti dinner like no other.