30 Minute Cheesy Garlic Shrimp Alfredo:
A cheesy, garlicky delicious pasta packed with shrimp, and an easy homemade Alfredo. Great weeknight dinner!
30 Minute Cheesy Garlic Shrimp Alfredo
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Busy days and nights are pretty typical around here. And I know how hard it can be to find time to pull a dinner together on a week night. If you are anything like me, there are way too many nights when dinner time rolls around and nothing is ready, nothing is defrosted, and you are left debating between pancakes and cereal. Well, this is the answer. It is fast, easy to make, and your family will think you put tons of thought and effort into this beautiful dinner!
30 Minute Cheesy Garlic Shrimp Alfredo, did I mention how delicious it is? The shrimp are cooked to perfection, and an easy Alfredo sauce can be whipped up in minutes in a blender. My favorite blender is my
. I use it all the time. Or skip the blender and just heat and whisk by hand. I prefer to simplify the whole process. This recipe gets rave reviews, and consists of things you might already have on hand, or can keep in the freezer for those busy nights.
Weight Friendly Shrimp Alfredo
If you want to make this lower fat, substitute a fat free cream cheese, low fat milk option, and cut down the butter, or leave it out. Fat adds flavor, so keep that in mind, but this can be a really great guiltless meal. I know that sometimes I make those swaps, and hardly miss it because the garlic and the cheese still impart so much flavor.
A few tips:
- Rinse your shrimp well in a colander before cooking so you don’t get a “fishy” taste in your sauce.
- Stir the garlic so it doesn’t burn. If it gets too brown it will be bitter.
- Keep stirring when you pour the milk mixture in, you don’t want it to burn.
- Use a heavy bottomed pot to help reduce the likelihood of scorched milk.
- If you don’t eat all of it in one sitting, when reheating add milk to get to the desired consistency as it will get thicker!
Love shrimp? Try one of these recipes:
- Spicy Honey Lime Shrimp Kabobs
- Grilled Shrimp Crostini
- Faux Pho: Thai Shrimp Noodle Bowl
- Coconut Lime Shrimp
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30 Minute Cheesy Garlic Shrimp Alfredo
Ingredients
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 2 Tbs flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 Tbs butter
- 3 Tbs minced garlic
- 1 lb peeled and deveined shrimp
- 1 cup grated Mozzarella cheese or 3 cheese blend
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese optional
- Pepper to taste
- Parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Using a hand mixer or blender, mix together the milk, cream cheese, flour, and salt until smooth, set aside
- In a saucepan, melt butter and add garlic. Saute garlic for about a minute, then add in peeled and deveined shrimp
- Cook 3-5 minutes, until pink, and just barely cooked through
- Remove shrimp from pan, leave garlic and butter drippings in saucepan
- Add milk mixture to the pan, and stir for 4 minutes on medium heat. Bring to a simmer, and keep stirring for about 6 more minutes until is starts to thicken.
- Remove from heat, add grated cheese and Parmesan
- Cover, let stand for about 5 minutes.
- Add shrimp into sauce and let stand another 5 minutes
- Serve over noodles of choice, I chose fettuccine. (1 lb package is sufficient)
- Garnish with some dried parsley
Notes
Nutrition
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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Barbara connelly says
Would love more easy recipes
Jackie says
Who’s this recipe and I am in love with it
Rachael says
Thank you, we love that recipe too.
Theresa says
Made this for my husband and it was delicious. He wanted it again 2 days later.!!!!
Rachael says
Thank you for sharing. These are the kind of comments that make it all worth it. So glad your husband liked it!
Maxine Montgomery says
How much does it make. I need to fix some for 5 adults.
Tameka says
I loved it..I was able to make about 3 lbs of shrimp with the sauce that was made..didn’t think it would thicken the way it did..but very glad. Thanks
Rachael says
My pleasure, so glad you liked it!
Crystal says
LOVES IT!!!!! It’s not gritty like other alfredo recipes I’ve tried even after re-heating. My new go to Alfredo sauce
Rachael says
Thank you so much for sharing! We love it too. So glad you like it.
Maxine Montgomery says
How many will this feed. I need to feed 5 hungry adults.
Rachael says
It fed my family of 6, 4 of which are kids. I would say double it for 5 hungry adults.
Kyra says
Noodles? Doesnt say how much…
Rachael says
I apologize. A 1 lb package!
Marisa Costa says
Hi,
Thank you for a great recipe!
I sauteed the shrimp with a touch of ginger and lemon peel.
My family loved it.
Sarah Long says
I plan on making this with spaghetti squash, you also don’t need to blend the cream cheese and the milk with a mixer or blender, just add it to the pan and the cream cheese will melt with the heat.
Tamie Davis says
Made this tonight for my husband. He LOVED it, and ate two huge helpings. He said this is better than Olive Garden’s version, and definitely wants it in our rotation. I love it because it is soooooo easy to make. Already had all the ingredients, makes a large quantity, and it super creamy and delicious. Thank you for this recipe…
Rachael says
Tamie, thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience and let me know. And thank your husband too. I am so glad you like it.
Maggie G. says
My husband saw your recipe one of his friends Facebook page and asked if I could make it for him for dinner, so I went and bought all the ingredients and made it for him and my daughter, whom both love shrimp and pasta and it was easy to make and they both loved it. Thanks for sharing this.
Rachael says
Thanks for taking time to comment. I appreciate it. Glad they both loved it.
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