Skip to main content

Pasta with Shrimp, Tomatoes and Arugula

3.6

(8)

A colorful, fresh-tasting dish that comes together in minutes. Serve this with a mixed green salad and some bread.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 4

Ingredients

12 ounces penne or other tubular pasta
3 tablespoons olive oil (preferably extra-virgin)
8 ounces uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 2 teaspoons dried
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1 teaspoon minced fresh marjoram or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1 pound tomatoes, cored, cut into wedges
3 bunches arugula, stems trimmed (about 2 cups packed)

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite.

    Step 2

    Meanwhile, heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp, basil, garlic and marjoram and stir until shrimp are almost cooked through, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and stir 2 minutes.

    Step 3

    Ladle out 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid and reserve. Drain pasta. Add pasta, arugula and reserved 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid to skillet and toss until heated through about 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to bowl; serve.

Nutrition Per Serving

Per Serving: calories
491; total fat
12 g; saturated fat
2 g; cholesterol
86 mg
#### Nutritional analysis provided by Bon Appétit
Read More
Spaghetti is a common variation in modern Thai cooking. It’s so easy to work with and absorbs the garlicky, spicy notes of pad kee mao well.
This is what I call a fridge-eater recipe. The key here is getting a nice sear on the sausage and cooking the tomato down until it coats the sausage and vegetables well.
Hailee Catalano transforms humble carrots into a beautifully creamy pasta sauce.
The mussels here add their beautiful, briny juices into the curry, which turn this into a stunning and spectacular dish.
Creamy, bright, and wonderfully aromatic with ginger and garlic.
Sizzling shrimp fajitas at home—in one pan and under 30 minutes.
Every salad should have pita chips.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.