The Best Spicy Shrimp Pasta. Ever.

Today we're making an awesome shrimp pasta! This creamy shrimp pasta with the easiest and most delicious vodka sauce will be a recipe you add to your weekly rotation. We hope you enjoy it!

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SHRIMP ALLA VODKA PRINT RECIPE:

INGREDIENTS WITH GRAM AMOUNTS

For the shrimp brine
1 ¼ pounds (566g) large shrimp - cleaned and tails removed
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon Calabrian chili paste or more to taste

For the vodka sauce
1 pound (454g) rigatoni or ridged paccheri - or any tubular pasta you like
7 tablespoons (96g) olive oil - divided
1 medium onion - diced
4 cloves garlic - minced
½ teaspoon Calabrian chili paste
4 ounces (115g) vodka
4 ounces (115g) dry white wine
1 28-ounce (794g) can plum tomatoes - hand crushed or blender pulsed
1 cup (230g) heavy cream
salt and pepper - to taste
¼ cup basil - hand torn, for finishing
1 cup (230g) reserved pasta water to thin if needed - will most likely not need all of it

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[oscarfelix]

Excellent instruction. Thanks! Will be making this as I have shrimp in freezer and didn't have any plans until now.

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Vodka basically has no taste other than alcohol, added white wine really helps out vodka sauce. I'll 100% make this for the wife this weekend.

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