LINGUINE WITH SPICY SHRIMP

This recipe is from the Real Simple Recipes.  I am not good at preparing seafood. This recipe look easy to make. I have to try it soon.   Serves 4| Hands-On Time: 20m| Total Time: 20m

Ingredients

• 3/4  pound  linguine
• 1/4  cup  olive oil
• 1 1/2  pounds  peeled and deveined large shrimp, tails removed
• 2  cloves garlic, chopped
• 1/4 to 1/2  teaspoon  crushed red pepper
• kosher salt
• 2  bunches watercress, torn (about 6 cups)
• 1  tablespoon  grated lemon zest

Directions

1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions, stopping just short of al dente. Reserve ½ cup of the cooking water; drain the pasta. Wipe out the pot.
2. Heat the oil in the pasta pot over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, garlic, red pepper, and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook, tossing occasionally, until cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Reduce heat to medium and add the pasta, watercress, lemon zest, and reserved cooking water and cook, tossing, until the sauce coats the pasta, 1 to 2 minutes.

By Charlyne Mattox , August, 2012