How To Make Shrimp Pesto Pasta
Enjoy a hearty shrimp pesto pasta packed with sautéed shrimp and cherry tomatoes, tossed in extra parmesan cheese before serving, for a flavorful meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 10ozdry spaghetti,or linguine, or fettuccine
- ¾cupbasil pesto
- 1lbshrimp,medium to large, peeled, deveined
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1tspItalian seasoning,*
- salt and pepper,to taste
- ¼cupparmesan cheese
- 1cupcherry tomatoes,halved
- parsley,chopped, optional garnish
Instructions
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Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to package directions.
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Heat the olive oil in a large pan over high heat. Add the shrimp and sprinkle with Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
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Cook for 2 to 4 minutes or until shrimp is just pink and opaque. Turn off the heat.
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Drain the pasta and add it to the pan with the shrimp. Stir in the pesto.
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Add the cherry tomatoes and parmesan cheese to the pan.
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Garnish with chopped parsley, serve, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*Or equal parts garlic powder dried basil and dried oregano.
Nutrition
- Calories: 591.15kcal
- Fat: 24.19g
- Saturated Fat: 4.67g
- Trans Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.52g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.19g
- Carbohydrates: 60.87g
- Fiber: 4.06g
- Sugar: 3.15g
- Protein: 31.13g
- Cholesterol: 153.21mg
- Sodium: 1288.18mg
- Calcium: 288.30mg
- Potassium: 428.31mg
- Iron: 3.24mg
- Vitamin A: 111.85µg
- Vitamin C: 10.00mg
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