Description
Creamy decadent and delicious Jerk shrimp pasta made with penne, shrimp, cream cheese, Jerk seasoning, red pepper, green pepper, yellow peppers and thyme!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 lbs of shrimp
- 3 tsp of jerk seasoning
- 1 scallion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper
- 1 tsp of Worcester sauce
- 1 tsp of thyme
- 1/4 cup of cream cheese
- 2 tbsp of parmesan
- 1/3 lb of dried pasta
Instructions
- Mix 2 teaspoons of Jerk seasoning into the shrimp and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Add a tablespoon of olive oil and cook the scallions with a pinch of salt for 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic and a teaspoon of Jerk seasoning and cook for another minute. Reduce the heat.
- Add the bell peppers and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the shrimp and cook for another 3 minutes.
- Add the Worcester sauce and thyme and cook for 2 minutes.
- Mix the cream cheese and parmesan in a bowl.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package.
- Pour a ladle of pasta water into the cream cheese and parmesan mixture and stir.
- Turn up the heat to high heat.
- Pour the cream cheese and parmesan mixture and the pasta into a frying pan and cook for everything together for another minute.
Notes
- Make sure to use a high quality Jerk seasoning like this one for maximum flavor.
- If you are looking for speckled white and black pasta bowls similar to ours, we love these white and black speckled bowls from an independent seller on Etsy.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
