This is such an old recipe, one of the first ones I ever posted on Youtube but it’s still one of my favorites. Making pesto from scratch is the easiest thing in the world and so much tastier than store-bought pesto. I once saw a bag of frozen pesto spaghetti at the store and thought to myself why-why-why?
This took about 15 minutes to make.
If you like pesto you will love this! I promise.
Pesto Shrimp Spaghetti
Nothing better than coating some pasta and shrimp in homemade pesto.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 people 1x
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Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp
- 1 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 small onion
- 1 small tomato diced
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 lb spaghetti
- salt and pepper to taste
Pesto
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook the pine nuts in a small skillet over medium-high heat for about 1 minute.
- To make the pesto, place the basil, pine nuts, garlic, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese in a food processor and blend.
- While the mixture blends, drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube.
- Place the pesto in a bowl, season with salt and pepper and set aside.
- Heat some oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat and cook until the butter melts completely.
- Place the onions in the skillet and cook for 3 minutes or until translucent.
- Add the shrimp to the skillet, season with salt, pepper, and chili powder.
- Cook the shrimp for about 2 minutes on each side then add the pesto to the skillet.
- Cook the pesto along with the shrimp for about 1 minute.
- Once the pesto is nice and hot, add the heavy cream.
- Add the tomatoes and cook for 15 seconds.
- Stir in the spaghetti and mix until the spaghetti is well coated with the pesto.
- Serve with extra parmesan cheese and enjoy!
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