Penne Pasta with Seafood

I was able to prepare two dishes this Independence Day.

Here's my personal recipe of

Penne Pasta with Seafood

½ kg                penne pasta

½ cup              butter

¼ cup              canola oil

6 cloves           garlic, finely minced

½ cup              bread crumbs

1 tbsp              red bell pepper, finely chopped

1 tbsp              green bell pepper, finely chopped

1 cup               pasta water

½ kg                prawns

10 sticks          crab sticks, shredded

                        Dried shrimp

                        Grated cheese (optional)

                        Toasted bacon (optional)

                        Pepper

                        Salt

•           Cook pasta according to package directions.

•           Season shrimp with pepper and salt.

•           In frying pan, heat butter and add shrimp in batches. Set aside.

•           In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp canola oil sauté onion and garlic.

•           Add prawns, crab sticks and dried shrimps.

•           Add bread crumbs, red/green bell peppers and grated cheese.

•           Pour in pasta water and let in boil.

•           Season with salt and pepper.

•           Toss in pasta and garnish with grated cheese and bacon.

Because im a self-professed newbie in the kitchen, the two dishes took me 3 hours to prepare! I was doing it all by myself. Enjoy naman! Hubby and my other 3 kids need to attend an Independence Day program at the town plaza. So its me and Lemon in the kitchen..

it's abit salty because i directly pour the dried shrimp. My colleagues advised that i should soak it first in water! haha.

there's always a next time, right?