Creamy Cajun Shrimp Sauce Recipe (with Pasta or Rice)
This Creamy Cajun Shrimp Sauce recipe is delicious and an easy weeknight meal! This delicious recipe is smooth, creamy, and delivers a wonderful Cajun spice. Serve this 20-minute Cajun shrimp recipe over your favorite pasta, dirty rice, white rice, or cauliflower rice.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs shrimp, deveined and rinsed
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 shallot, minced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large skillet over low heat, melt butter. To the melted butter, add your diced shallots and saute for 2 minutes. Add in your minced garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Sprinkle in your flour and cook the flour for 2 minutes. Add in your vegetable broth and whisk well, breaking up any lumps that may have formed from the flour. Whisk until smooth.
- Add in your tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, and all of the seasonings, and allow the mixture to come up to a simmer for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the heavy cream and your grated Parmesan* cheese. Allow the mixture to come back up to a simmer, and once it begins simmering, add in your uncooked shrimp.
- Cook shrimp for 5 minutes. Serve over pasta or rice. Enjoy!
Notes
*I found a block of Cajun cheese at my local Aldi, so subbed the Parmesan cheese for that, and it was delicious!