Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pesto shrimp with pasta and broccoli. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Put your knife away—store-bought pesto and precut broccoli florets mean no chopping required. Your Dutch oven pulls triple duty in this recipe by cooking the pasta, blanching the broccoli, and bringing the whole..pasta with pesto (like my Blackened Shrimp with Asparagus-Spinach Pesto recipe), I thought this might be a perfect way to experiment with broccoli pesto. Then I tossed it with some simple sauteed shrimp, whole wheat pasta, and then sprinkled on some crushed red pepper, extra pine nuts and.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pesto shrimp with pasta and broccoli using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli:
- Make ready pesto spread or sauce
- Prepare extra virgin olive oil
- Take frozen or fresh broccoli
- Make ready red pepper chili flakes (optional)
- Make ready tail-off shrimp (About 4 oz each serving)
- Make ready Sea salt
- Prepare freshly ground peppercorns
- Prepare minced garlic
- Make ready cup of Parmesan or Feta (optional)
Creamy chicken and broccoli pasta with the addition of pesto takes this humble dish to a whole new level. Begin by cooking the pasta in a large pot according to package directions. Angel hair pasta is tossed with sauteed shrimp and steamed broccoli, and topped with a rich garlicky cream sauce. I used mini penne pasta instead of the angel hair and omitted the pesto and used fresh basil.
Steps to make Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli:
- While water is boiling for pasta, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a large 12-inch skillet pan and heat on medium-high.
- After the oil is heated, add minced garlic and stir frequently until a very light toast.
- Add shrimp to the pan. Stir the garlic around with the shrimp occasionally until shrimp reaches the correct pink cooked color. If shrimp is frozen, simply cook until defrosted. Immediately add broccoli. If broccoli is frozen, add frozen broccoli when you add the frozen shrimp.
- It should be time to boil the pasta. Add pasta with a tiny drop of olive oil. Cook until al dente
- Add 1 teaspoon red chili flakes and 1 oz of pesto sauce to shrimp and broccoli and stir. Set heat to low.
- Once pasta is boiled, drain and add to skillet pan with the shrimp and broccoli.
- Add remaining pesto sauce, red chili flakes, and olive oil to the pasta and stir. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Top with grated cheese of choice and serve.
Tender pasta is tossed with basil pesto, sautéed mushroom, and fresh broccoli. It's simple to make and is perfect for busy weeknights! This is a super flexible recipe in general. I made this easy pesto pasta with mushrooms and broccoli, but pesto pairs nicely with just about every veggie! This shrimp pesto pasta is sauteed shrimp tossed with spaghetti and pesto sauce.
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