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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This is so delicious. I have made it several times and it is a big hit!
This was so delicious. I am making it agin!
Wow, I love this recipe! Made my own dairy free pesto with cashews. Served this over cauliflower mash. So delicious, thank you!
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Authentic pesto verde has enough garlic in it to knock you over! Same with fresh basil. I would omit those two ingredients from this recipe!
Second time I’ve made this dish.
It’s delicious served over zoodles!
Loved it. Added green onions and three yellow small peppers.
Definitely on the repeat list.