Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cajun shrimp alfredo. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cajun shrimp alfredo using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Shrimp Alfredo:
- Make ready 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp. unsalted butter, divided and cubed
- Take 2 cups heavy cream
- Get 4 oz. brick style cream cheese, sliced into cubes
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1 large tomato, diced
- Prepare 3 tsp. Cajun seasoning, divided
- Get 1/4 tsp. each black pepper, onion powder
- Get 1/2 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese
- Take 1/2 cup freshly shredded gouda cheese
- Make ready 1 lb. penne pasta (or other shape)
- Make ready 1 lb. shrimp, peeled and deveined
Instructions to make Cajun Shrimp Alfredo:
- Place a large pot of water over high heat. Once it comes to a boil, cook the pasta according to package directions and drain it. Return the drained pasta to the pot and set it aside.
- While waiting on the water to boil, in a large, deep skillet, heat the 1 tbsp. butter over med-high heat. Once it's melted, add the shrimp. Season it with 1 tsp. of the cajun seasoning and cook until it is pink and opaque. Remove it to a plate, cover the shrimp with foil and set it aside.
- Place the cream, the 1/2 cup butter and the cream cheese into the same skillet. Whisk it together often while it all melts.
- Once the butter and cream cheese are melted and smooth, whisk in the remaining 2 tsp of cajun seasoning, the pepper, the onion powder, the garlic, the tomatoes, the parmesan and the gouda. Whisk until the cheese melts completely.
- Allow the sauce to simmer for 5 or so minutes, to thicken up. Then combine the sauce and the shrimp with the pasta in the pot. Toss everything together until it's all incorporated.
- Serve immediately and enjoy. Refrigerate any leftovers.
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