This pasta dish features grilled chicken or shrimp along served with a creamy pasta sauce. This is the perfect dish to have when you have company coming over.
In the 70-80′s I owned a chain of restaurants in the Los Angeles area called The Original Sicilian Pizza Company. I have since sold the restaurants and the last one closed in 1988.
Origial Sicilian Pasta Co. Linguine with Blackened Shrimp or Chicken
Serves: 24.
Original Sicilian Pasta Co. Linquine With Blackened Shrimp or Chicken
This is a yummy dish that is great for a large crowd!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 quarts Heavy Cream
- 1/3 cup Fresh Basil -- chopped
- 2 1/2 tablespoons Granulated Garlic
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Ground White Pepper
- 2 tablespoons Salt
- 1 1/4 cups Lemon Juice -- fresh
- 5 ounces Parmesan Cheese -- grated
- 7 1/2 pounds Shrimp 16-20 Size -- peeled and deveined
- 1 1/2 pounds Butter -- melted
- 3/4 cup Cajun Seasoning Or Blackening Spice
- 9 pounds Linguine (Regular Or Pesto Flavored)
Instructions
For Cream sauce, combine first 7 ingredients; bring to a boil, stirring
occasionally. For blackened shrimp, dip in butter then roll in Cajun seasoning mix. Sear in a cast iron skillet over high heat. Cook 1 minute until the shrimps turn opaque.
NOTE: Substitute 24, 5 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts for the shrimp if desired. Follow the directions for Blackened shrimp, except cook 2- 2.5 minutes per side. Cut into strips and arrange over top of pasta.
Toss 6 ounces of pasta with 4 ounces of cream sauce. mound on a plate. Thinly slice a lemon crosswise and place on top in a circular pattern overlapping each other. Place 5 shrimp evenly on top of lemon slices. Garnish with basil sprigs, serve.
For each serving, heat 1 tablespoon oil in saute pan until hot. Add 6 shrimp and 1.5 ounces mushrooms, cook 2 minutes. Add 1/2 tablespoon chopped garlic and 1.5 tablespoon scallions, cook 1 minute longer, pulling out shrimp when cooked. Add 1-cup cream, reduce liquid 5 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon tomatoes and 1 ounce Parmesan. Reduce mixture 1 minute longer. Return shrimp to pan with 6 ounces fettuccine. Toss and heat thoroughly. Pour onto pasta plate, placing shrimp on top. Garnish with Basil leaf.
For lighter sauce. Substitute 3 quarts clam juice or fish stock for 3 quarts of manufacturing cream.
Print Recipe
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