Quick & Easy Pasta Recipe

While seafood pasta may sound fancy and all, in actual fact, it is a super quick and easy dish.

Simply make the tomato-based sauce using fresh tomatoes and tomato paste, throw in the seafood marinara into the mix, and top it over cooked pasta, and voila!

Now you don’t have to spend a hefty amount on special meals for fine dining because you can actually make it at the comfort of your own home.

Dinner date nights? Look no further. This seafood marinara fettuccine is one for the books!

Reason Why You’d Love This 

I could go on and on on the many ways why you should make this quick & easy pasta recipe. But here are a couple of convincing reasons why you should add this recipe to your weekly menu.

• Prep time is at a maximum of 15 minutes (that includes cooking the pasta).
• This recipe mostly uses easy-to-find ingredients.
• The cooking method in this seafood pasta dish is pretty straightforward.
• It comes ready from the stovetop to the dinner table in less than 30 minutes.
• Last but not least, it tastes so good that you’d think it came from a five-star restaurant.

The Sauce

There’s nothing complicated in making the delicious tomato-based sauce for this pasta recipe. I kept it simple by using fresh strawberry tomatoes and tomato paste as the base. Then a dash of parsley flakes, dried oregano leaves, and fresh basil leaves for that scrumptious herby flavor profile. 

But I think what really took this seafood pasta dish to the next level is using a high-quality seafood marinara mix.

What does seafood marinara mean? 

Seafood marinara is simply a mix of different seafoods including small shrimps, or prawns, pieces of diced fish filets, calamari slices, and mussels. You can buy them as frozen packs at seafood stores and supermarkets.

Quick & Easy Pasta Recipe Variations

• Can’t find seafood marinara mix? Use whatever seafood you have on hand. If you have freshly caught ones, the better.
• As for the parsley flakes, feel free to omit them if you don’t have them handy, and just add a tad bit of dried oregano on top of what the recipe originally calls for.
• Basil has a unique and peppery flavor. With that said, it’s worth finding in this recipe. But if you can’t, swap it with fresh oregano. It doesn’t have the same exact flavor profile as basil, but it works in a pinch.
• You may swap water with less-sodium chicken or seafood broth.
• Feel free to replace fettuccine with spaghetti, linguine, or any long pasta.

Cooking Tips

For a perfect seafood marinara pasta meal that is as good as its restaurant counterpart, here are some of my cooking tips. 

• Always make sure to use high-quality brands that you can trust for your seafood mix and pasta. It’s totally worth the money!
• Do not overcook the seafood. The last thing you’d want is a rubbery overcooked seafood mix. It’s like pouring your money down the drain.
• It may not be common, but if you can’t get enough cheese, add a sprinkle of grated cheese on top instead of basil.
• Serve this delicious pasta meal with wine and some bread to mop up the sauce. Now that’s my kind of dinner!

Are you excited to test this recipe in your kitchen? Make sure to watch the video below. Happy cooking!

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Quick & Easy Pasta Recipe

This quick & easy pasta recipe is a fantastic weeknight meal that tastes like it’s from a five-star restaurant. Made with seafood marinara mix(shrimp, fish, calamari, and mussels), and fettuccine pasta tossed in an herby tomato sauce, this pasta dish is dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes.

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Asian, Filipino

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 500 grams Fettucine pasta
• 500 grams Strawberry tomatoes
• 175 grams Tomato paste
• 1 cup Water
• 250 ml All- purpose cream
• 1 tbsp Brown sugar (optional)
• Salt & pepper
• Dried Oregano leaves
• Parsley flakes
• Basil leaves

Instructions

• Boil water and cook the noodles following the instruction on the packaging label.
• Heat oil in a pan. Saute garlic and onion.
• Add the Strawbery tomatoes. Add salt & pepper. Add water. Cover the pan and simmer until the tomatoes are soft.
• Now we can add the mixed seafoods. Add Parsely, Oregano, and tomato paste.
• Add all- purpose cream.
• Sprinkle with fresh bay leaves.
• Serve hot & enjoy!

Video

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