Seafood Pasta Recipes 🦐🍤 Comfort Meets Coastal

ByKarl S

From buttery garlic shrimp to creamy scallop linguine, seafood pasta brings restaurant-level flavor to your home kitchen — fast.

These recipes are rich, satisfying, and easy to pull together with frozen or fresh seafood, a few pantry staples, and your favorite pasta.

🍤 Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta

Simple, garlicky, and ready in 20 minutes.

Ingredients:

  • Spaghetti or linguine
  • Shrimp (peeled & deveined)
  • Butter + olive oil
  • Garlic (minced)
  • Red pepper flakes (optional)
  • Lemon juice, parsley

Instructions:

  1. Cook pasta and set aside.
  2. Sauté garlic in butter and olive oil, add shrimp.
  3. Cook shrimp until pink, then toss with pasta.
  4. Add lemon juice, red pepper, and parsley.

👉 Complete Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta Recipe

🐟 Creamy Salmon Pasta

Rich and velvety with a hint of lemon.

Ingredients:

  • Fettuccine
  • Salmon (cooked or canned)
  • Heavy cream or half-and-half
  • Garlic, onion
  • Parmesan
  • Lemon zest

Instructions:

  1. Sauté garlic and onion in oil.
  2. Add cream, Parmesan, and lemon zest.
  3. Stir in cooked salmon and pasta.
  4. Simmer to thicken and serve.

👉 Complete Creamy Salmon Pasta Recipe

🦞 Lobster Mac and Cheese

Luxury comfort food at its finest.

Ingredients:

  • Elbow pasta
  • Cooked lobster meat
  • Butter, flour, milk
  • Cheddar + Gruyère
  • Paprika, garlic powder

Instructions:

  1. Make roux with butter and flour, then add milk.
  2. Stir in cheese until melted.
  3. Combine with cooked pasta and lobster.
  4. Bake at 375°F for 15–20 minutes (optional).

👉 Complete Lobster Mac and Cheese Recipe

🐚 Scallop Linguine with White Wine

Light, elegant, and date-night worthy.

Ingredients:

  • Linguine
  • Sea scallops
  • White wine
  • Garlic, butter, olive oil
  • Lemon, parsley

Instructions:

  1. Sear scallops until golden; set aside.
  2. Sauté garlic in oil, deglaze with wine.
  3. Add pasta, scallops, and lemon.
  4. Toss and finish with herbs.

👉 Complete Scallop Linguine Recipe

🐟 Tuna Pasta with Capers & Olives

Pantry-friendly and full of bold flavor.

Ingredients:

  • Penne or fusilli
  • Canned tuna (in oil)
  • Capers, olives, garlic
  • Cherry tomatoes or tomato paste
  • Parsley, chili flakes

Instructions:

  1. Sauté garlic, tomatoes, and tuna.
  2. Stir in capers, olives, and seasoning.
  3. Toss with cooked pasta and herbs.

👉 Complete Tuna Pasta with Capers & Olives Recipe

🍤 Spicy Cajun Shrimp Alfredo

Bold, creamy, and full of heat.

Ingredients:

  • Fettuccine
  • Shrimp
  • Cajun seasoning
  • Heavy cream
  • Parmesan
  • Butter, garlic

Instructions:

  1. Cook shrimp with Cajun seasoning.
  2. Make Alfredo sauce with butter, garlic, cream, and cheese.
  3. Toss pasta and shrimp into sauce.
  4. Finish with extra Cajun spice if desired.

👉 Complete Spicy Cajun Shrimp Alfredo Recipe

🦀 Crab Spaghetti with Lemon & Herbs

Bright, buttery, and deceptively simple.

Ingredients:

  • Spaghetti
  • Lump crab meat
  • Garlic, olive oil
  • Lemon juice + zest
  • Fresh herbs (parsley, chives, tarragon)

Instructions:

  1. Sauté garlic in olive oil.
  2. Add crab, lemon, and herbs.
  3. Toss with hot pasta and a splash of pasta water.
  4. Serve with extra zest.

👉 Complete Crab Spaghetti with Lemon & Herbs Recipe

🧄 Seafood Fra Diavolo (Spicy Red Sauce)

Classic Italian-style pasta with heat.

Ingredients:

  • Linguine or spaghetti
  • Mixed seafood (shrimp, squid, mussels)
  • Crushed tomatoes
  • Garlic, chili flakes, olive oil
  • White wine

Instructions:

  1. Sauté garlic and chili in oil.
  2. Add seafood and wine; cook briefly.
  3. Stir in tomatoes and simmer.
  4. Toss with pasta and serve hot.

👉 Complete Seafood Fra Diavolo Recipe

🥬 Shrimp Pesto Pasta

Herby, quick, and ultra-fresh.

Ingredients:

  • Pasta of choice
  • Shrimp
  • Basil pesto (homemade or jarred)
  • Cherry tomatoes (halved)
  • Parmesan

Instructions:

  1. Cook shrimp and set aside.
  2. Toss hot pasta with pesto, shrimp, and tomatoes.
  3. Sprinkle with Parmesan before serving.

👉 Complete Shrimp Pesto Pasta Recipe

🦐 Coconut Curry Shrimp Pasta

Creamy, spiced, and a little tropical.

Ingredients:

  • Rice noodles or linguine
  • Shrimp
  • Coconut milk
  • Red curry paste
  • Lime juice, cilantro

Instructions:

  1. Sauté shrimp with curry paste.
  2. Add coconut milk and simmer.
  3. Toss with noodles and finish with lime + herbs.

👉 Complete Coconut Curry Shrimp Pasta Recipe

🍤 Shrimp Linguine with White Wine Sauce

Shrimp Linguine with White Wine Sauce is pasta at its freshest: perfectly al dente linguine coated in a silky garlic-white wine reduction, tossed with juicy seared shrimp and finished with herbs, lemon, and optional heat.

👉 Complete Shrimp Linguine Recipe

🧾 Final Thoughts: Where the Sea Meets the Sauce

Seafood pasta is a foolproof way to elevate any dinner. It’s fast, flavorful, and works beautifully with both bold spices and delicate sauces. Whether you’re craving something creamy, spicy, garlicky, or light — these dishes bring the best of surf and starch together in one bowl.

Pro tip: Keep frozen shrimp or canned seafood on hand for last-minute meals — and don’t forget a squeeze of lemon to brighten every bite.

🦐 More Coastal Seafood Recipes

From cozy casseroles to zesty grilled fish and elegant seafood pastas, this collection of Seafood Recipes covers every ocean-inspired craving — whether you’re planning a dinner party or a quick weeknight win.

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