Spicy Shrimp and Scallops

By scottsdalejulie

Ingredients

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• Cuisine: Cajun Main Ingredient: seafood
• SeafoodSpicyPastaromantic dinnerseafoodCajun
• photo by Shawn88c Add my photo of this recipe... .Full RecipeReviews (2)Photos (1)Ingredients [ View Metric ] 1 large shrimp (a pound of large) peeled and deveined
• 10 large sea scallops drained well and 1/4 cut
• 3 sun-dried tomatoes, julieened
• 5 button fresh mushrooms sliced (optional)
• 1 cup fresh broccoli cut up in small pieces (steamed almost until tender)
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 0.333333333333333 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 2 large garlic cloves crushed
• 0.5 cup chopped onion
• 0.5 teaspoon garlic powder
• 0.25 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 0.125 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.125 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 ounces cooked linguine (broken in half before cooking acc
• 1 dried parsley (to garnish)
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• sprinkle shrimp and scallops on one side with garlic powder.
• place 1 T olive oil and 1 T butter in large non stick skillet and quickly saute shrimp over medium heat on both sides until shrimp turns pink. remove and set aside in a bowl.
• add scallop 1/4s and saute untill opague and has a little brownish sear on a few of the sides remove to the shrimp in bowl.
• in hot pan add remaining butter (leave any cooked bits and juices from shrimp and scallops) saute onion, and mushrooms in butter until tender.
• add sundried tomatoes and let cook about 2 minutes.
• pour in cream and let cook 2 minutes, add garlic let cook 2 minutes.
• add crushed red pepper, cayenne, and salt stir well.
• add parmesan cheese and reduce heat to medium low.
• add shrimp and scallops (and any juice that collected in he bowl) stir well to coat everything.
• add brocolli and pasta toss well, raise heat to medium or medium high just to throughly heat everything through.
• serve with a little sprinkle of parsley.

Preparation

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