15-Minute Creamy Tuscan Shrimp - fast and easy shrimp in a creamy sauce made with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and spinach. This dinner is perfect for busy weeknights!
Shrimp dishes are one of the fastest and easiest seafood dinners you can make, like my Garlic Butter Mushroom Shrimp Pasta and the 10-Minute Teriyaki Shrimp.
CREAMY TUSCAN SHRIMP
Seafood dinners are not only delicious but the fastest to make. Shrimp cooks in just a few minutes, turn pretty pink and flavorful. Pair it with a creamy Tuscan sauce and serve over pasta for a satisfying meal with a lot of flavor. Sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and garlic create one delicious sauce that is perfect with shrimp or chicken.
This 15-Minute Tuscan Shrimp is quick, easy and delicious. You can make this restaurant-style dinner on a busy weeknight, cook the pasta in the same time you make the shrimp and sauce. It's perfect for a special occasion when you want to celebrate at home. You will love this creamy Tuscan sauce with plump shrimp!
How to make Creamy Tuscan Shrimp?
- Start by preparing your shrimp. De-vein, take off the shell. You can remove the tails if you like. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a skillet, heat up olive oil and butter. Cook shrimp for 2 minutes on each side, until they are nice and pink. Remove onto a plate.
- Add more oil and butter to the pan. Add garlic and shallot. Saute for 2 minutes. Add Italian seasoning, sun-dried tomatoes and spinach and cook until wilted. Add chicken stock and scrape any cooked on bits from the bottom of the pan. Add heavy cream and cook over medium-low heat. Add a tablespoon of butter and let melt. Stir in. Add cooked shrimp back into the pan. Let it heat up.
- Serve over pasta.
Tuscan Shrimp Ingredients (your shopping list):
- jumbo shrimp
- salt and pepper
- olive oil
- butter
- garlic
- shallot
- sun-dried tomatoes
- spinach
- Italian seasoning
- heavy cream
- chicken stock
What shrimp to use in this recipe?
I used jumbo easy-peel shrimp. It was already deveined and all I had to do is to take off the shell. You can keep the tails or take them off. You can use small or medium shrimp. You can also use already cooked shrimp (get them in the frozen seafood section).
How to make Creamy Tuscan Sauce?
This creamy Tuscan sauce is one of the easiest and most flavor-packed one you will ever make. Start with olive oil and butter in pan. Add garlic and shallot and saute for 3 minutes. Add Italian seasoning, sun-dried tomatoes and spinach. Saute until the spinach is wilted. Add chicken stock and deglaze the pan. Add heavy cream and bring to light simmer. Add butter, let it melt and stir into the sauce. Add back the shrimp (you can do the same with chicken) and heat it all up. For a delicious chicken version, check out my Tuscan Chicken Pasta recipe.
MORE DELICIOUS SEAFOOD RECIPES:
Garlic Butter Mushroom Shrimp Pasta
Shrimp Scampi with Peppers and Spinach
Garlic Parmesan Crusted Salmon (Air Fryer and Oven-baked)
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15-Minute Creamy Tuscan Shrimp
Ingredients
- 12 oz. shrimp I used jumbo
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 shallot finely diced
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes
- 2 cups loosely packed spinach roughly chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Start by preparing your shrimp. De-vein, take off the shell. You can remove the tails if you like. Season with salt and pepper.
- In a skillet, heat up olive oil and one tablespoon of butter. Cook shrimp for 2 minutes on each side, until they are nice and pink. Remove onto a plate.
- Add more oil and butter to the pan. Add garlic and shallot. Saute for 2 minutes. Add Italian seasoning, sun-dried tomatoes and spinach and cook until wilted. Add chicken stock and scrape any cooked on bits from the bottom of the pan. Add heavy cream and cook over medium-low heat. Add a tablespoon of butter and let melt. Stir in. Add cooked shrimp back into the pan. Let it heat up.
- Serve over pasta.
Patricia Blair says
Loved this recipe. I made exactly as written and I've made this recipe several times over time and have exchanged the protein (shrimp) to chicken and veggie (spinach)to broccoli depending what I had on hand and it was delicious every time. The sauce and sun dried tomatoes I did not change. This recipe is quick and easy and will continue to be a family favorite in my household.
Suzanne says
This is really tasty and easy to prepare. Love it over couscous!
betty garcia says
How to cut down the sodium PLEASE
Anna says
Hi Betty! The sodium content is not completely accurate. I suggest using low-sodium chicken stock.
Evanglar says
Could you add fish to this recipe or will it change the taste
Kimberly Kerr says
My kids cooked me this recipe for Mothers Day dinner last night and I was so good! It felt like I was eating at a restaurant. Definitely going to add this to my recipe collection. Thank-you for a yummy dish!
Anna says
Awww! I love that, Kimberly! Thank you to your kids for trying my recipe for the special day! I am so happy to know it was a hit!
Marcia says
Luv luv !!
Taylor says
LOVE that cream sauce! So so yummy!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Taylor!
Wendy Weyl says
I love this recipe. I've made it many times. I love it over angel hair pasta!!!
Anna says
I love that! Thank you so much, Wendy!
Courtney O'Dell says
So easy, creamy, and delicious!
Sommer says
My favorite weeknight meal!
Steph says
My husband loves shrimp and he made himself a second batch of these after we finished dinner.:)
Natasha says
So quick and so delicious!! Definitely stocking up to make this for a hectic night