Roasting shrimp intensifies their sweet flavor making them succulent and tender. Here the flavors of garlic, lemon and thyme all mingle together before being tossed with the shrimp and served with angel hair spaghetti.
Olive oil, lemon zest and fresh thyme are briefly roasted without the shrimp to saturate the oil with flavor. The shrimp is then tossed in the fragrant oil with thinly sliced lemon and minced garlic then briefly roasted until they turn pink and start to curl.
I like this best served over thin and delicate angel hair spaghetti tossed with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a fruity, extra-virgin olive oil. Feel free to serve it over your favorite pasta or grain, couscous or fluffy rice.
It’s light, bright and so deliciously simple it should be criminal! You want to make this tonight! I know you do. Then come back and thank me. You’re welcome.
Roasted shrimp and angel hair spaghetti with garlic, thyme and lemon.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In an 8x8 glass baking pan combine olive oil, lemon zest and thyme. Olive oil should liberally cover the bottom of the pan, if it doesn't drizzle in a little more. Season with salt and pepper. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes, checking every few minutes, if it looks like it is getting too brown remove and proceed to next step. Meanwhile cook pasta, drain and toss with a pat of butter or olive oil.
- Remove pan from oven, add butter and move it around a little to melt, add shrimp, garlic and the thin sliced lemons (don't squeeze them), toss to coat with oil mixture. Bake for 8-10 more minutes or until shrimp turn pink and just start to curl, check often. Serve over pasta, couscous or rice tossed with additional extra-virgin olive oil and fresh-squeezed lemon with additional lemon wedges for serving.
Notes
Adapted from Fine Cooking
I made this for dinner and we loved it! It is a nice change from the norm.
Thanks a million
Thanks Jackie! Happy Monday!
I made this for dinner tonight!! Love It!!
Thanks Rhobley!
In the first step when you bake for 10 to 12 minutes, is that with the shrimp or do you add the shrimp when you add the butter?
Hi Karina! You add the shrimp with the butter!
Hi Karina! You add the shrimp in with the butter!
Wow, thank you so much for this recipe <3 I don't eat meat or fish, but my husband loves shrimp and I am forever looking for new recipes for him. Ones that are easy and taste good since I don't taste his meat or fish dishes.
I pinned this a while back and finally made it last night, hubby loved it and even my kids loved it! I loved how it was easy and used the whole lemon in such a smart way.
Thanks again :)
Thanks for making it Heather! I’m glad it was a big hit – makes me happy to hear!
This looks great. I’m ditching the noodles and making it Paleo over zucchini julienned “noodles”.
Sounds yummy! I love zucchini noodles!