🥩🍤🍝 Garlic Butter Steak & Shrimp over Spaghetti 🥰😋
A luxurious surf & turf pasta dish featuring juicy garlic-butter steak and tender shrimp tossed over silky spaghetti—rich, indulgent, and perfect for a special dinner.
Ingredients (serves 3–4):
Garlic Butter Steak
1½ lb ribeye or sirloin steak, sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp butter
4 cloves garlic, minced
½ tsp smoked paprika
Salt & black pepper, to taste
Garlic Butter Shrimp
1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined
2 tbsp butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
Salt & pepper, to taste
Squeeze of lemon juice
Pasta
12 oz spaghetti
2 tbsp butter
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Reserved pasta water (as needed)
Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)
Instructions:
Cook the spaghetti:
Boil spaghetti in salted water until al dente. Reserve ½ cup pasta water, drain, and set aside.
Cook the steak:
Season steak with salt, pepper, and smoked paprika.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet over high heat.
Sear steak 2–3 minutes per side (depending on thickness).
Add butter and garlic, spooning over steak for 1 minute. Remove and rest.
Cook the shrimp:
In the same skillet, melt butter and sauté garlic briefly.
Add shrimp and cook 2–3 minutes per side until pink.
Finish with lemon juice and remove from heat.
Combine pasta:
Add cooked spaghetti to the skillet with remaining garlic butter.
Toss with Parmesan and a splash of pasta water until silky.
Serve:
Plate spaghetti, top with sliced steak and shrimp.
Garnish with fresh parsley and extra Parmesan if desired.