Pesto Shrimp with Mushrooms – sautéed shrimp with mushrooms and pesto.
This easy, spicy pesto shrimp recipe has lots of flavor thanks to the ingredient list: pesto, garlic, red pepper flakes, fresh basil. It’s gluten free and low carb.
If you want to know how to make the best sautéed, garlic shrimp with lots of flavor – this dish is for you! And, it’s so easy!
Enjoy!
This easy, spicy pesto shrimp recipe has lots of flavor thanks to the ingredient list: pesto, garlic, red pepper flakes, fresh basil. It's gluten free and low carb.
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound shrimp , peeled, deveined
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces white mushrooms , sliced
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup basil pesto
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil , chopped
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Heat large skillet on medium-high heat until hot. Add olive oil - it should run without sizzling. Add shrimp, season shrimp with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, cook for about 3 minutes, turning once midway, until shrimp is pink and cooked through. Remove shrimp from the skillet.
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Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the same, now empty, skillet. Add sliced mushrooms. Add minced garlic. Season mushrooms with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until mushrooms release liquid and reduce in volume and get soft, for about a minute or two. Add back the cooked shrimp. Add 1/2 cup basil pesto and 1/2 cup chicken broth. On medium heat, mix everything to combine. Remove from heat.
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When ready to serve, top the shrimp with chopped fresh basil.
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great recipe and it is excellent over saffron rice.
MY GOD!!!! THIS OVER GRITS !!! WOW.
What a great idea to serve this over grits!
I just made this with scallops too. It came out great.
This is a definite dish to make again for our family.
I made this recipe for dinner last night, my husband and I both loved it. It was easy and all the ingredients were on hand or easily accessible. I will make it again soon!
Thank you so much for these easygoing recipes! You make cooking look fun and easy to do. I usually get so discouraged just reading some recipes, yours is easy to understand and I can’t wait to try them! Thanks so much!!
and it taste amazing
I make this recipe often. It’s simple and yummy
How much is 1 serving
Amazing recipe
Great recipe, thank you! Doubled the fresh garlic.
Liz, you are very welcome! Glad you liked it! I love using garlic in pretty much anything I eat!