Shrimp Pasta

Okay, so totally not mom's recipe. But we cook this a lot cuz it's very simple. Takes 5 minutes and feeds 2 people for dinner.

This is adopted from Barefoot Contessa's Linguine with Shrimp Scampi dish.

Ingredients
1/2 - pound of headless shrimps
2-3 - cloves of garlic
1/2 - lbs linguine
1 - medium lemon
red pepper flakes
1 tbs butter
olive oil
1/2 - 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Peel and devein the shrimp.
2. In the meantime, start on your linguine. Linguine cooks for 7-10 minutes, pasta takes 5 minutes. Time it so that when the pasta is done, your shrimp is done too.
3. Chop up garlic into tiny pieces.
4. Heat up a flat pan on medium low heat.
5. Put in butter and olive oil. Wait till it heats up a bit.
6. Put in garlic, let it brown a little. Put in shrimp.
7. Add your salt and squeeze in half of your lemon, stir.
8. Flip shrimp over after 3-4 minutes. The contessa says to stir often. I find it easier to just leave it in the flat pan, spread out, and flip after a few minutes. Don't overcook your shrimp! When it looks mostly pink, immediately turn down or turn off your heat.
9. Put in your pasta and stir. Now's the time to add more olive oil if you need to, red pepper flakes to taste, and squeeze in the other half of your lemon.

Notes

1. You can look at the Barefoot Contessa for butter and olive oil portions. I cut way down on the butter and added more olive oil. The idea is to add ENOUGH oil/butter so that after you add the pasta, it coats the them well and separates them. It does not taste good when the pasta isn't greasy enough. The butter definitely makes it taste better than just all olive oil.
2. Make sure you don't overcook the shrimp. When it starts curling up a bit, and is pink, then it's mostly done already. The residual heat on the pan usually will cook it a bit more. If you turn off the heat after it definitely looks done, then it's usually too done and the shrimp is too chewy.
3. If you butterfly your shrimp a bit while you're de-veining, it'll definitely curl up easier as it cooks. So it'll help you see when it's done.
4. Make sure you drain the pasta well. If the pasta has too much water left, then the whole dish is too slippery and watery.