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
- 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.
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.
- When ready to serve, top the shrimp with chopped fresh basil.
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Had with zucchini pasta, very lite and tasty.
It was delicious! Definitely on my “make again” list.
What a wonderful recipe, and so essy to prepare. Made a delicious meal with a side salad! Thank you for sharing it, Julia! I know I will enjoy making it often!
This dish is absolutely heavenly! I have to admit my version was not too healthy. Instead of the chicken broth, I added a stick of butter. We ate the shrimp with Italian bread dipped in the sauce. Amazing! Very quick and easy to make was an added bonus. I’ve tried lots of recipes from Pinterest, and this was our favorite by far!
Brenda, thank you for your comment! Glad you liked the recipe! I am sure dipping the Italian bread into the butter sauce with shrimp was delicious!
Such a delicious dish! I made a homemade walnut pesto and used chicken bone broth. Served over roasted spaghetti squash. Really satisfied the Italian craving. Everyone loved this dish!
So glad everybody enjoyed this! Love the idea of serving this over roasted spaghetti squash!
This recipe is amazing. I added fresh spinach after the mushrooms were cooked. I also reduced the chicken stock to 1/4 cup. When it was done I put fresh grated Parmesan cheese over it. Moved this recipe into my favorites folder. Glad I have some leftovers.
Adding spinach sounds so good! Also, it’s a great idea to add some Parmesan cheese.
Woah! I made this with zucchini noodles and added cherry tomatoes to the mushrooms. The only thing I changed was that I halved the chicken broth. My boyfriend says 11/10! Amazing
Thank you, Lauren! So happy you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
Loved it over a steak added onions…Will diffenitly be trying it over a pasta dish.
Yes, this will work great with pasta!
Loved it! Great dish and very easy to make and extremely flavoursome. I substituted red pepper flakes with Arbol Chilli Flakes.
My son prepared this dish and added fettuccine to the pot. He absolutely loves it.
So happy to hear that! It’s an excellent idea to serve this over fettuccine!