Bennigan’s Shrimp Pasta was one of the restaurant’s unique menu items. Penne pasta is topped with a creamy sauce infused with just the right amount of ale. Don’t miss this recipe.
Sadly Bennigan’s isn’t around as much as it used to be. Everyone loved their Ultimate Baked Potato Soup. You can enjoy their famous Alehouse Pasta and Shrimp with this copycat recipe.
This pasta dish has a creamy sauce packed full of fresh mushrooms. Shrimp makes this pasta dish light.
This dish is perfect for when you crave seafood and want to try something new.
Ale adds a surprisingly rich touch to an ordinary pasta sauce. This recipe contains everyday ingredients, so bringing back a flavor from the past won’t be difficult.
Table of Contents
Ingredients
Here’s a list of what you need:
- Penne pasta
- Butter
- Mushrooms
- Red onion
- Garlic
- Irish brown ale
- White sauce mix
- Milk
- Cherry tomatoes
- Medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Scallions
- Shredded Parmesan cheese
How to Make Creamy Shrimp Pasta
- Cook pasta according to the package instructions.
- Whisk together white sauce mix and milk in a bowl.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add mushrooms and onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and soft.
- Add garlic and cook for one minute.
- Add ale, white sauce mixture, and tomatoes.
- Bring to a boil and stir constantly until sauce thickens.
- Add shrimp and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until shrimp are cooked through.
- Place cooked pasta in a large serving bowl.
- Add shrimp and sauce. Toss to mix and coat.
- Divide the shrimp pasta equally into four bowls.
- Sprinkle each serving with scallions and cheese.
Quick and Easy Shrimp Pasta
This pasta dish takes no time at all to prepare. While the pasta cooks, you will make a white sauce, and saute the mushrooms.
When the mushrooms are done, your pasta will be ready, and it will take moment to put together the sauce and cook the shrimp.
If you don’t like shrimp, I think this recipe would work well with grilled chicken, but that is completely up to you!
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Bennigan’s Shrimp Pasta
Ingredients
- 12 ounces penne pasta
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 12 ounces mushrooms
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup Irish brown ale
- 1 package white sauce mix
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 pint cherry tomtatoes halved
- 1 1/2 pound medium shrimp peeled and deveined
Garnish
- 1/2 cup sliced scallions
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Cook pasta as directed on package
- Whisk together white sauce mix and milk in a bowl.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, 8 minutes or until lightly browned and soft. Add garlic; cook, stirring, 1 minute until fragrant. Add ale, white sauce mixture, and tomatoes.
- Bring to a boil and stir constantly until sauce thickens. Add shrimp; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 2 to 3 minutes until cooked through.
- Drain pasta and place in a large serving bowl. Add shrimp and sauce; toss to mix and coat. When serving, sprinkle with the scallions and cheese.
Kelly mccoy
What is the recipe to the breading on Carolina ale house shrimp ?
Stephanie
I do not know this recipe.
Charles Mikuly
the beer that was actually used in this was Killian Irish Red. I used to work there and made a ton of these
Liz Nelson
This was a great meal for a night when I had to whip up dinner very quickly! It didn’t take long at all and it was delicious.