Best 5 Spinach Garlic Pasta Recipes

GARLIC SHRIMP AND SPINACH PASTA

Steps:

• Thaw and pat dry shrimp, set aside to bring to room temperature.
• Boil water for pasta.
• Meanwhile, prepare garlic by slicing longways in slivers, leaving the garlic quite large. Sometimes, I only cut the garlic cloves in half and leave them in large pieces. Sometimes, I chop them finely. It depends on my mood!
• Finely chop onion.
• In a large skillet, add margarine/butter and Olive Oil and heat through on medium.
• Add onion and garlic.
• Add pasta to boiling water.
• Sautee garlic and onion until onions becomes transparent but do not burn the garlic! Add the onion first if you are afraid to burn the garlic. Burning it will cause it to taste bitter.
• Add shrimp, fresh ground pepper, and salt to taste.
• Once shrimp begin to curl up a little, add spinach. The spinach will be wilted in the pan when finished.
• By this time, your pasta should be ready for draining.
• Drain pasta and add to your shrimp and spinach mix still in the pan.
• Toss thoroughly and plate.
• Feel free to add chopped red or yellow pepper to this recipe. Baby scallops are also very tasty added to it as well.

RICH GARLIC SOUP WITH SPINACH AND PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a medium saucepan full of water to a boil. Fill a bowl with ice and water. Separate the head of garlic into cloves and drop them into the boiling water. Blanch for 30 seconds, then transfer to the ice water. Allow to cool for a few minutes, then drain and remove the skins from the garlic cloves. They'll be loose and easy to remove. Crush the cloves lightly by leaning on them with the side of a chef's knife.
• Place the garlic cloves in a large saucepan with the 2 quarts water, olive oil, bouquet garni, and salt to taste, and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer 1 hour. Strain and return the broth to the saucepan. Taste and adjust salt, and bring back to a simmer.
• Add the macaroni shells to the broth and simmer until cooked al dente.
• Distribute the garlic croutons among 6 soup bowls and top each one with a heaped tablespoon of cheese. Beat the egg yolks in a bowl. Making sure that it is not boiling, whisk in a ladleful of the hot garlic broth.
• Add the spinach to the simmering broth and stir for 30 seconds to a minute, until all of the spinach is wilted. Turn off the heat and stir in the tempered egg yolks. Stir for a minute, taste and adjust seasonings. Ladle the soup over the cheese-topped croutons, and serve.

SPINACH & GARLIC SCAPES PASTA

Steps:

• Place spinach, garlic scapes& parmesan in a food processor& pulse until mixture is chunky.
• With machine running, pour in olive oil.
• Process until mixture is smooth.
• Add butter& seasonings to taste.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta as directed on package until el dente.
• If the sauce is too thick, add a little pasta water& mix well.
• Drain pasta, place in serving dishes& top with sauce.

CHICKEN & BACON PASTA WITH SPINACH & TOMATOES IN GARLIC CREAM SAUCE RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil until hot, in a large skillet . Add chicken and cook on one side on high heat for 1 minute. While it cooks, sprinkle the uncooked sides of the chicken with paprika and Italian seasoning. Flip the chicken over, and cook on the other side for 1 minute on high heat. Reduce heat to medium, flip chicken over again and cook, covered, for several minutes until no longer pink in the center. Remove chicken from the pan and keep chicken warm. To the same pan (but without chicken), add chopped tomatoes, spinach, garlic, crushed red pepper, 1/3 of the chicken (sliced into small strips) and half the bacon (it should be already cooked and drained of fat). Stir until well mixed. Add half and half and bring to boil, add grated Parmesan cheese: Reduce to simmer and stir, until the cheese melts and the sauce is creamy, only about 1 minute (at most 2 minutes). Remove from heat. Season with more crushed red pepper and salt, if needed. In the mean time, cook pasta according to package instructions. Add cooked pasta to the skillet with the sauce. Add remaining half of baon (already cooked and drained of fat). Season with more salt if necessary. Slice the remaining 2/3 of chicken into thin strips. To serve, top the pasta with chicken strips and grated Parmesan cheese.

SPINACH GARLIC PASTA

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large skillet. Add the garlic, and cook for 1 minute. Add the spinach and the cooked pasta. Mix well, and cook for approximately 2 minutes, stirring often. Serve.