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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!
Pesto Shrimp with Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound shrimp , peeled, deveined
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces white mushrooms , sliced
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- ½ cup basil pesto
- ½ cup chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil , chopped
Instructions
- Heat large skillet on medium-high heat until hot. Add olive oil - it should run without sizzling. Add shrimp, season shrimp with ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ 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 salt (to taste). 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 ½ cup basil pesto and ½ cup chicken broth. On medium heat, mix everything to combine. Remove from heat.
- When ready to serve, top the shrimp with chopped fresh basil.
- Want to make basil pesto from scratch? Here is a super flavorful and creamy 20-Minute Homemade Basil Pesto Recipe.
Nutrition
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Way too watery; the mushrooms need to be reduced much further than a minute or two. I should have known hitting that with half a cup of broth would do
If it's too watery, cook the sauce on medium heat until it reduces to the desired consistency.
Very very very good i used scallops and shrimp and just reduced the stock for a little before adding pesto but it was soooo good we put it right on top of roasted red potatoes thanks for the great recipe
You are very welcome! The addition of scallops sounds so good!
I read the recipe and found it intriguing enough for my wife and I to prepare this evening. I see all of these positive reviews but I don’t see (taste) what others are raving about. I have made countless shrimp/pasta dishes, all of which were good to excellent. This doesn’t even reach the bench for my wife and myself. I used fresh garlic and a fresh pesto. I used wild caught large shrimp and all the rest. This dish ended up in the garbage I hate to say being there is always a cost associated with trying new recipes.
We also put it over fettuccine and it was delicious! Thanks for such an easy and tasty shrimp recipe!
You are very welcome! Serving the shrimp over fettuccine is a great idea!
Added a bit of heavy cream to mine as well as more chicken broth with cornstarch and served with pasta. So good!
Excellent idea to serve this with pasta!
Turned out delicious except it was too watery. Any suggestions?
If it's too watery, simmer the sauce (without shrimp), until the extra liquid evaporates.
Omg. This is literally the best shrimp recipe for fast meal! Its loaded with flavor and has a bang to it! Thanks for the recipe!
You are very welcome! I couldn't agree more: this recipe is loaded with flavor!
Really very delicious ! We served it on Zuchinni noodles .
So happy you liked it! Great idea to serve this over zucchini noodles.
I just made this recipe my husband and I loved it so easy to make and quick too that’s the kind of my cooking
I am very happy to hear that! Enjoy!
I was usually asked to bring the wine, or buy dessert for the family pot luck because my previous dishes have been less than stellar. Then I found your recipe. I made the dish ONE TME, and it was SUCH a hit - it is now my mandatory contribution! My cooking skills have now been redeemed! Thank you!
Wow! Your comment made my day! So glad your cooking skills have been redeemed! 🙂
The recipe sounds delicious----is there any reason that I couldn't substitute scallops for the shrimp. Sounds like a perfect seafood dish to me.
You can definitely make this with either shrimp or scallops! Here is how to sear scallops: Seared Scallops.
This very old senior totally loved this super easy recipe. I followed it exactly & my husband gave it 5 stars and asked for more. Look forward to trying all your dishes
So very happy you enjoyed this recipe! 🙂 So many flavors there - one of my favorite dishes!
Just made this recipe exactly as it says. It was delicious...my homemade pesto worked well with it. Quick, easy and tasty.
Thank you, Mara! I am so glad you liked it! I bet the homemade pesto was so good with this recipe!
This was absolutely delicious!! I followed the recipe.it was quick ,easy and I will definitely make it again. My whole family loved it. I served it with fettuccini
So happy you liked it! Thank you for your comment! Serving this dish with fettuccine sounds so delicious!
WOW!!! This came out SO DELICIOUSLY! I added some plain greek yogurt to thicken it up a bit and stirred in some cooked pasta at the end. I never ever comment on things but this deserves SEVENTY THUMBS UP! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe <3
Amanda, I am so happy to read comments like yours! So glad you liked this recipe! Adding just a touch of Greek yogurt and then cooked pasta at the end sounds so good! 🙂
What would you serve with this? We are on a low carb diet and I’m not a fan or quinoa.
Two best side dishes with this recipe would be either pasta or rice. Since you're on a low-carb diet, you can try cauliflower rice. Take a look at this recipe below, one of the recent commenters (if you look at the comments section you will see) made this rice recipe but used cauliflower rice instead by adjusting the cooking time since cauliflower cooks faster than regular rice and reducing the amount of chicken broth used:
https://juliasalbum.com/cilantro-lime-black-bean-rice/