Tender calamari rings cooked in flavorful mushroom and roasted pepper sauce, and mixed with fettuccine pasta. This Creamy Calamari Fettuccine is my favorite seafood dish!
If you like seafood, I can guarantee that you'll be making this Creamy Calamari Fettuccine more than once. It might even make it to your favorite recipes. IT. IS. SO. TASTY! The best part is that the recipe is simple to make and the ingredient list is short.
Do you guys cook with calamari? Do you have your favorite calamari recipe? I've tried a lot of calamari dishes and I do like most of them. This Creamy Calamari Fettuccine is my favorite seafood dish. The calamari are just so tender and tasty, it's hard to stop eating. So if you decided to see for yourself, let's get to the recipe details.
CALAMARI
You may use fresh or frozen calamari in this recipe. If you bought fresh squid and don't know how to clean and cut it properly, check out this article from WikiHow: How to Clean and Prepare a Squid to Make Calamari
I usually use cleaned and cut calamari bought from WalMart's frozen seafood section.
ROASTED PEPPERS
You'll need a 6.5 oz jar of roasted peppers. Again, these are sold in most large supermarkets. I buy Goya brand from Walmart. You may also buy roasted peppers on Amazon.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Puree the roasted peppers together with the liquid from the jar in a smoothie cup, blender, food processor, or with immersion blender, until smooth.
2. In a large skillet, saute the onion in olive oil over medium heat, until soft (about 7-10 minutes).
3. Add garlic, cook for 1 minute and then add mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
4. Add pureed roasted peppers, salt, pepper, Italian herbs, and red pepper flakes. Stir.
5. Add calamari and cook them in the mushroom-pepper sauce for 20-30 minutes, until calamari are tender.
6. While calamari are cooking, bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the fettuccine according to the package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside.
7. Add Half&Half to calamari sauce, stir and turn off the heat.
8. Add fettuccine to the skillet and mix everything well. Garnish with chopped parsley.
WATCH HOW TO MAKE CREAMY CALAMARI FETTUCCINE
CREAMY CALAMARI FETTUCCINE
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 lb. mushrooms sliced
- 1 6.5 oz. jar roasted peppers
- 1 lb. calamari rings fresh or thawed
- 1 cup Half&Half or heavy cream
- 1 16 oz. package fettuccine pasta
- 1 tsp. dried Italian herbs
- 1 tsp. pepper
- ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes optional
- salt to taste
- chopped parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Puree the roasted peppers together with the liquid from the jar in a smoothie cup, blender, food processor, or with immersion blender, until smooth.
- In a large skillet, saute the onion in olive oil over medium heat, until soft (about 7-10 minutes).
- Add garlic, cook for 1 minute and then add mushrooms. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
- Add pureed roasted peppers, salt, pepper, Italian herbs, and red pepper flakes. Stir.
- Add calamari and cook them in the mushroom-pepper sauce for 20-30 minutes, until calamari are tender.
- While calamari are cooking, bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the fettuccine according to the package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside.
- Add Half&Half to calamari sauce, stir and turn off the heat.
- Add fettuccine to the skillet and mix everything well. Garnish with chopped parsley.
Todd says
Instructions and recipe were clear and the result was good. I used fresh squid that was a more tender style- the japanese refers to as shiro-ika (transparent white delicate squid). It came out really well
Tania Sheff says
Thank you so much for the feedback, Todd!
ADRIENNE ORTIZ says
I MADE IT FOR DINNER TONIGHT. IT WAS SIMPLE AND EASY. NOT TOO MANY INGREDIENTS. PLUS NOT EXPENSIVE AT ALL...I LOVED IT, VERY DELICIOUS.
Tania says
Thank you so much for the feedback, Adrienne! I am glad you enjoyed it!