A restaurant-quality Shrimp Alfredo recipe in less than 20 minutes. Juicy shrimp swimming in an unbelievably creamy and delicious Parmesan sauce! Perfect with pastas, veggies and rice.
Alfredo Sauce
This creamy garlic Shrimp Alfredo recipe made with Homemade Alfredo sauce. It is such a comforting dish and takes little effort to make it but better than any restaurant Shrimp Alfredo. My entire family love it.
Shrimp Alfredo
Sometime I crave dishes like Shrimp Scampi or Shrimp Alfredo. And I don’t feel like to go out to the restaurant to get a bowl of this comforting food. I go to my kitchen to make it and in 20 minutes the perfect dinner is ready for any night of the week.
how to make shrimp alfredo
Cook shrimp until they’re pink and opaque. Make Alfedo Sauce, toss the shrimp and the creamy sauce, then serve with pastas or rice.
Other Shrimp Recipes
Shrimp cakes | Cauliflower shrimp fried rice | Shrimp Alfredo | Shrimp Scampi | Honey garlic shrimp|Garlic butter shrimp|
Love Alfredo sauce? Try Copycat Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce recipe or my Homemade Alfredo Sauce. They go well with almost everything!
SHRIMP ALFREDO RECIPE
Ingredients
- Shrimp tails on or off- 700 gm or 1.5 lb
- Garlic cloves minced-6
- Brown mushrooms sliced-4-5
- Fresh parsley finely chopped- 2 tbsp.
- Olive oil- 2 tbsp.
- FOR ALFREDO SAUCE
- Heavy cream - 1 cup
- Unsalted butter room temperature- 2 tbsp.
- Cream cheese- 75 gm/ 2.6 oz / ⅓ cup
- Parmesan cheese freshly grated -⅔ cup
- Large egg yolk- 1
- Freshly ground nutmeg-1 pinch
- Italian seasoning- ½ tsp.
- White pepper- ¼ tsp.
- Salt -to taste
Instructions
- In a skillet/ pan heat oil over medium heat. Fry the garlic until fragrant but not browned. Add the mushrooms and saute 30-40 seconds.
- Add the shrimp and cook for about 2 minutes, until the shrimp just start to turn pink. Remove them from the heat immediately and transfer to a plate.
- Alfredo sauce recipe.
- In the same skillet melt butter and cream cheese over low heat, whisk until melted. Once the cream cheese is melted, add the heavy cream and cook further for 1 minute.
- Stir in the Parmesan cheese and cook until melted.
- Season with Italian seasoning, nutmeg, white pepper and salt.
- Separate the egg white and egg yolk. When the sauce is about to boil, remove from the heat immediately and add the egg yolk while whisking.
- Return to the stove, bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce thickens,stirring continuously.
- Return the shrimp to the skillet and cook another minute in a sauce.
- Garnish with the chopped parsley. Adjust salt and pepper.
- Serve over veggies, pastas, rice, mashed potatoes, broccoli.
Nutrition
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Maury Cheskes says
Wow, these glamour shots make me hungry. Looks like a rich meal with lots of protein and nutritional value. I'm sure the creamy Alfredo sauce compliments the vegetables and shrimp to perfection. Thanks for the detailed recipe.
Paul Bee says
Who doesn't love shrimps in foods. I love them a lot especially as creamy as this. The recipe is simple enough. Will try to get the ingredients to try it out.
Roy says
I like that the whole dish can be prepared in less than 20 minutes. Perfect for busy folk like myself 🙂
Meg W says
I definitely have to try out this recipe for myself. It doesn't look very complicated.
Patricia says
I can't wait to surprise my spouse with this dish! The look on his eyes will be priceless!!!
Daphne says
I love quick and easy to prepare dishes like this one. I can't thank you enough for making this available.
Louis says
I love that this recipe is actually gluten free. Please do share more gluten free recipes in future and thanks for being so considerate.
Shantel says
I have heard of the Alfredo sauce before but never knew how to prepare it. Therefore, this recipe couldn't have come at a better time for me.
Anderson says
Your shrimp recipe would make the perfect brunch. I can't wait to try it out myself.
Storm says
I am not a good cook but even I could do this recipe. It looks easy and doesn't take much time which is amazing.
Sylvia says
I can only imagine how delicious the shrimp would taste. Judging by the photos I bet it tastes just as good as it looks.
Kevin Kimbrell says
Did you realize you omitted the 1 cup of heavy cream ingredient from the preparation
chefjar says
Thanks for letting me know, Kevin!
In the same skillet melt butter and cream cheese over low heat, whisk until melted. Once the cream cheese is melted, add the heavy cream and cook further for 1 minute ( the sauce should be hot enough for Parmesan cheese to melt)