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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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This is delicious! I’ve already made it a few times. I serve it over angel hair pasta…yummy! Thank you for sharing!
Kirsten, you are very welcome - glad you enjoyed the recipe! Love the idea of serving this over angel hair pasta!
great recipe and it is excellent over saffron rice.
So glad you liked it! Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to share a 5-star review - I really appreciate it! 🙂
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!
Yummy and easy! Served ours over pasta with garlic bread.
This was delicious!! I added some sliced zucchini and some lobster-crab ravioli...Oh My Goodness!! So good! Thanks for the recipe!
Diane, so happy you liked this dish! Love your addition of lobster-crab ravioli!
Recipe was delicious! However I had to keep closing the sire because of the pop up videos, the x didn’t work to close the videos 🙁
Made some zoodles and served with some fresh tomatoes and cheese. Yum! Will definitely make again
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!