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Get your salted pasta water in a pot and boiling.
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Prepare a bowl of salted ice water.
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Bring a separate pan full of salted water to a boil. Drop broccolini in and after it returns to a boil, allow to cook for 2-3 minutes (you still want a little bite to it). Remove broccolini from boiling water and drop in ice water to stop cooking. Pull out of ice water once cool and dry between two kitchen towels or use a big wad of paper towels. Cut broccolini into bite size pieces
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Place olive oil, garlic, and red pepper flake in a large skillet or saute pan. Place pan over low heat and allow garlic to slowly cook until it begins to sizzle and you smell the garlic. NO BROWNING HERE!
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Drop pasta in pasta water to cook.
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Once garlic is sizzling, turn heat up to high/medium high and add shrimp. Season entire pan with salt to taste. Just as shrimp are about cooked through, add the pieces of broccolini, just to warm them up.
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Drain pasta but reserve about 1/2 cup of the cooking water.
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Add the shrimp/garlic/oil/broccolini mixture, pasta, parmigiano, and about 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water back into the pasta pot. Season with salt and stir to combine.
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If too dry, add a little more olive oil and/or reserved pasta water and stir it in. Taste!
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If it tastes flat but is not dry, add a little salt and/or more parmigiano.
