Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli

Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli. Return pasta and broccoli to Dutch oven; reduce heat to low. Stir in pesto, mustard, lemon zest and juice, and salt. Add the pesto to the pasta, and toss until evenly coated, adding in a bit of the reserved pasta water if needed to thin the pesto.

Return pasta and broccoli to pot; reduce heat to low. In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add shrimp and squeeze in half the lemon juice. You can have Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli

1. Prepare 3-4 ounces of pesto spread or sauce.
2. It's 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
3. You need 2 cups of frozen or fresh broccoli.
4. Prepare 2 teaspoons of red pepper chili flakes (optional).
5. Prepare 1 cup of tail-off shrimp (About 4 oz each serving).
6. It's 1 teaspoon of Sea salt.
7. It's 2 teaspoons of freshly ground peppercorns.
8. You need 1 tablespoon of minced garlic.
9. You need Half of cup of Parmesan or Feta (optional).

Frozen broccoli will work for this shrimp and broccoli pasta, it just won't need to be cooked quite as long. Frozen broccoli is already par-cooked, so it won't need as much time to defrost and become tender. Simply add it to the pan in the same way and cut down on the cooking time. It is ready when it is bright green.

Pesto Shrimp with Pasta and Broccoli instructions

1. While water is boiling for pasta, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a large 12-inch skillet pan and heat on medium-high..
2. After the oil is heated, add minced garlic and stir frequently until a very light toast..
3. 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..
4. It should be time to boil the pasta. Add pasta with a tiny drop of olive oil. Cook until al dente.
5. Add 1 teaspoon red chili flakes and 1 oz of pesto sauce to shrimp and broccoli and stir. Set heat to low..
6. Once pasta is boiled, drain and add to skillet pan with the shrimp and broccoli..
7. Add remaining pesto sauce, red chili flakes, and olive oil to the pasta and stir. Add salt and pepper to taste..
8. Top with grated cheese of choice and serve..

A fast and easy weeknight dinner recipe, the whole family will love this lemony, garlicky, shrimp and broccoli penne pasta. The sauce is wonderful creamy and tasty. I used bow-tie pasta fresh broccoli and frozen shrimp. If you use frozen shrimp just heat it with the broccoli for a couple of minutes until it's hot. You may want to melt the butter and add the flour over low heat not medium.