This recipe post was sponsored by Barilla. However, all of the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Fast food doesn’t have to mean going through a drive-through. It can be fresh, full of good, natural ingredients and versatile. Something everyone will appreciate. This Easy Pesto Shrimp Scampi is full of Mediterranean flavors and is perfect for dinner any night, from a weeknight to a date night.
I was apprehensive the first time I replaced lemon juice with pesto sauce in my shrimp scampi but it is a fantastic substitution. It tastes flavorful and fresh, everything you always hope your dish will be. The flavors really complement each other and a bed of pasta is the perfect canvas for this meal.
I usually use pre-cooked shrimp to cut down on preparation and cooking time, but you are welcome to use raw shrimp if you want to as well.
Easy Pesto Shrimp Scampi
You will Need:
- Barilla Ready Pasta
- 2 T. Barilla Basil Pesto
- 1 Pound Shrimp
- 1/2 C. Parmesan cheese
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 2 T. olive oil
Heat the olive oil over medium heat until sizzling. Add the garlic and the shrimp. Cook your shrimp until it is pink and firm, about five minutes.
Add the pesto and stir the shrimp until well coated. Sprinkle the green onions on top and stir. Cook for another 1-2 minutes. Just before removing the shrimp from the heat, add the cheese to the top of the shrimp.
Microwave your Barilla Ready Pasta, and place the pasta on a plate. Top the pasta with a drizzle of olive oil and the shrimp scampi.
Using Barilla Ready Pasta can really speed up the process of dinner time. It has convenience, without sacrificing quality. In 60 seconds you really can have the perfect pasta.
Ready Pasta is made with three ingredients, sea salt, olive oil and pasta and comes in two serving packages, making it a healthy and easy way to cook for two. I pick up my Barilla Ready Pasta by the pasta products in the Pasta aisle at Walmart, making this meal not only easy to prepare but easy to shop for as well.
This Shrimp Scampi is perfect for turning every day into a celebration. What is your favorite pasta dish?
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Easy Pesto Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
- Barilla Ready Pasta
- 2 T. Barilla Basil Pesto
- 1 Pound Shrimp
- 1/2 C. Parmesan cheese
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 2 T. olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil over medium heat until sizzling. Add the garlic and the shrimp. Cook your shrimp until it is pink and firm, about five minutes.
- Add the pesto and stir the shrimp until well coated. Sprinkle the green onions on top and stir. Cook for another 1-2 minutes. Just before removing the shrimp from the heat, add the cheese to the top of the shrimp.
- Microwave your Barilla Ready Pasta, and place the pasta on a plate. Top the pasta with a drizzle of olive oil and the shrimp scampi.
I’m loving the Barilla Ready-Made Pasta. It’s so convenient and your pesto shrimp scampi looks delicious.
Your shrimp scampi looks delicious. Like how you added the pesto for a great flavor. Never tried Barilla Ready Made Pasta before sound convenient.
This looks tasty! My kids love their shrimp, so I might have to make this for them. I’m all about easy meals.
You had me at easy! I love when I can make something simple fast and delicious. My family would wolf this down!
Your shrimp scampi looks absolutely delicious! This is something we often prepare and I love the fact that yours has pesto in it.
YES!! We made something like this recently but with the other kind of pasta from Barilla. I need to get some of these ready pack fresh pastas. I have seen them at the grocery stores in Ontario and wondered how well they worked or how they tasted. Barilla is one of our favourite brands. This looks like it would make life easier here too.
I have never tried the Barilla Pesto so i have to get some where I shop. This shrimp dish would be great for my son.
Now this sounds absolutely delicious – I have to admit I do love shrimp! So anything that uses that I always want to try.
My mouth is watering at this dish. The shrimp, pesto and pasta is such a perfect combination of flavors and textures.
I use Barilla pasta and had no idea that there was a fast cook version available. The shrimp really makes for a complete meal.
Oh my word pesto is definitely wonderful substitute for lemon! I think I’ll have to give this a try because I’ve always loved pesto.
I am kind of shrimp obsessed right now so I am loving this recipe! I need to try this soon for myself!!
This looks delicious, my daughter would love to devour this. My daughter and I love dishes with shrimp, unfortunately, the boys does not.
Mmm I have been loving making shrimp recipes lately! I will have to add this to the menu!
We love barilla in our house! So I’m sure this would be amazing! I haven’t ever tried shrimp before so I’d love to give this a try!
oh, that looks really delicious and easy to make. I would love to try this. Thanks for sharing!
Been trying out cooking on my own and now I am exploring more recipes. Glad I get to read your post. I’ll definitely try this one. Hopefully over the next weekend.
I totally agree about fast food. Actually, by the time I get three kids in the car and through a drive-thru it can take even longer. This homecooked meal sound fantastic. I love pesto anything!
We love our shrimp and pesto is such a grand and easy way to get a good dinner going. It’s so easy to make and we often make our own in different varieties.