Grammy's Kitchen · Carbonara · Creamy Shrimp Carbonara
One of 156 carbonara recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 156 for brightness among the carbonara recipes we compared. 1 cooks on insanelygoodrecipes.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 156.
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Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 227 g | 8 ounces spaghetti or linguine |
| 4 slices raw bacon, chopped | |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, minced |
| 454 g | 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs |
| 50 g | 1 egg yolk |
| 100 g | 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese or Pecorino Romano |
| Salt and black pepper, to taste | |
| Fresh parsley, chopped for garnish | |
| Red pepper flakes for garnish, optional |
Method: 9 steps, published by insanelygoodrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“at 11:01 am My recipe is almost identical to this one except I use large shrimp and 2 eggs & 2 yolks. I use Pecorino-Romano, not grated Parmesan.” — a cook
“at 10:38 am Sounds delicious, Mary!” — a cook