Garlic Pesto Shrimp

by | Jan 22, 2016 | Italian Cuisine, Uncategorized

5 ingredient Garlic Pesto Shrimp
5 ingredient Garlic Pesto Shrimp

5 ingredient Garlic Pesto Shrimp

This has to be one of the easiest dishes I have ever made. Funny enough, the only reason this dish turned out the way it did is because I forgot half of my shopping list. I was originally planning on making a shrimp scampi pasta because I’ve been wanting to try a pasta dish for a while now. Fortunately, I got distracted and forgot the pasta and the lemon so I had to find a way to make something with what I had. One of my favorite shows is Chopped on the Food Network so this was the perfect challenge for me. The premise of the show is that the contestants get a bag of random ingredients and make a gourmet meal with whatever they’ve got.

So I had almost one pound of shrimp, cherry tomatoes and a small jar of pesto sauce. I always have garlic handy so I decided add some garlic and make a simple Italian inspired dish. Pan fried cherry tomatoes have been one of my favorite ingredients ever since I started cooking because they’re so versatile. If you just fry them for a few minutes they soften up enough to be a great side for any sort of protein dish. Or, if you cook them a little longer they get even softer and almost mushy but they keep their sweet flavor. My original thought was to just soften them up and serve them as a side but then I thought I’d try a sauce mixing the tomatoes with the pesto. It turned out to be a home run as this garlic pesto shrimp only took 15 minutes to make and it only requires 5 simple ingredients. This dish is gluten free and damn healthy overall. If you’d like to make this a pasta dish you could easily throw this garlic pesto shrimp over some linguini and it would be just as delicious. 

Garlic Pesto Shrimp
Serves 2
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Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
15 min
Prep Time
5 min
Cook Time
10 min
Total Time
15 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 lb. Uncooked shrimp
  2. 10 oz. Package of cherry tomatoes
  3. 1 Clove Garlic
  4. 3 oz pre-made pesto
  5. 2 Tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
  1. Cut all of the cherry tomatoes in half and mince garlic. Set aside.
  2. Remove the outer shell from all of the shrimp and place in a frying pan with 1 Tbsp of olive oil over medium-high heat.
  3. Place cherry tomatoes and garlic in a saute pan or wok with 1 Tbsp olive oil over medium heat.
  4. Once the shrimp is cooked through (4-7 minutes), dump the shrimp into the saute pan with the tomatoes and garlic and mix together.
  5. Add the pesto and stir until everything is combined. The juice from the tomatoes should mix with the pesto create a slightly runny sauce.
  6. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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