Description
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.
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) -2/3 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.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Shrimp recipes
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 100 g
- Calories: 214 kcal
- Sugar: 1.79 g
- Sodium: 286 mg
- Fat: 16.07 g
- Carbohydrates: 10.71 g
- Protein: 8.93 g
- Cholesterol: 71 mg