This Shrimp Scampi Stuffed Shells recipe is a delicious seafood pasta recipe your family will love. This recipe is fast and easy because of this awesome shortcut, however, we are also sharing our favorite shrimp scampi recipe.
Post updated 9/24/2020
Stuffed shells are one of my family’s favorite meals that we can all agree on. I make them regularly because my girls just love my traditional meat-based recipe. All that ooey, gooey cheese, pasta, and sauce is enough to make my mouth water.
Frozen Shrimp Scampi
Yesterday, I was inspired by Gorton’s Simply Bake Shrimp Scampi to try and mix the best of three pasta worlds and create a delectable, rich meal that is perfect for the fall season.
If you love Shrimp Scampi, pasta alfredo, or stuffed shells, you are sure to fall in love with the flavors of these Shrimp Scampi Stuffed Shells.
I even snuck in a full bag of baby spinach into this recipe effortlessly. If you are familiar with cooking spinach, you know just how quickly one bag can be reduced into about just 1/2 cup of cooked leaves! Adding veggies into rich meals helps me to a feel a little a lot better–because of vegetables..haha!
Anyhow, I used my favorite quick shrimp scampi go-to from Gorton’s Seafood. Their Simply Bake Shrimp Scampi cooks up so perfectly in their specially made baking bags. You can add one or two bags on a baking sheet and bake according to the package and have a delicious shrimp scampi in a tasty scampi sauce.
The sauce is very ample so it is enough to pour over pasta or dip bread into! By using this product, I eliminated some ingredients and some time.
But, I have a secret! I love to make the most of my time while cooking so I always have a few things going at once as I mix, stir, and snap photos.
For this recipe, I actually opened the bags of Simply Bake Shrimp, added them to my skillet and cooked them in about 5 minutes while my pasta water boiled!! I have never tried this before but it worked like a charm for the next recipe step!
Homemade Garlic Butter shrimp
If you prefer to use fresh shrimp, I wanted to share this garlic butter shrimp recipe with you all. You will need the following ingredients for 1 1/2 pounds of medium size shrimp.
- 1 1/2 lbs. medium size shrimp
- 5 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 4 cloves of minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons of minced parsley
- 1/4 cup of dry white wine
- 1/8 tsp of red pepper flakes or ground black pepper *depending on tastes
Make it
Peel, and remove tails from shrimp. Pat them dry with a paper towel(s) to absorb excess moisture.
Add olive oil and butter to a large sized skillet.
Add in wine, and garlic; cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
Place shrimp in the pan, season with pepper, and cook until no longer translucent, and pink.
Remove pan from heat and add in the chopped parsley; mix. Set shrimp and juices aside for the recipe.
After the shrimp started to curl and turn pink, I removed them and half the sauce using a ladle.
I set them aside, and then added the entire bag of baby spinach to the skillet (over medium heat) and cooked it down which took about 1 minute!
This eliminated the need for extra oil and seasonings! It was a perfect hack that worked to my advantage.
Once the shrimp and spinach were cooked, I added it to a large bowl with my ricotta and cottage cheeses, Alfredo sauce, and half of the cooked shrimp to make the stuffed shells mixture.
Then it was time to drain the pasta shells and stuff them up with this yummy filling.
I used a tablespoon to add the filling to each and it worked out wonderfully.
The boxed Shrimp Scampi I reserved in a bowl was used to top each shell for a nice presentation.
Next up, I topped off the dish with some mozzarella shredded cheese (because there is never enough cheese) and it was off to the oven for a 30-minute bake time.
Once this dish was complete the house not only smelled heavenly, but we had the best dinner!
This Easy Shrimp Scampi Stuffed Shells Recipe would have paired so nicely with some garlic bread but I am trying to be good you all!
Want to make these Shrimp Scampi Shells for your family? Get the printable recipe below!
If you like this recipe, check out what else I made with Gorton’s products:
Sweet & Savory Deconstructed Coconut Shrimp appetizers
Shrimp Scampi Stuffed Shells
Equipment
- 9" x 13" casserole dish or Pyrex
Ingredients
- 1 box Gorton’s Simply Bakes Shrimp Scampi *use two bags
- 12 ounces baby spinach
- 1 box jumbo shells
- 16 ounces cottage cheese
- 24 ounces ricotta cheese
- 1/2 cup alfredo sauce
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Boil jumbo shells until al dente.
- Pan fry Shrimp Scampi * see recipe notes if making scampi from scratch.
- Once done, remove shrimp and set aside.
- Cook spinach for about 1 minute, set aside off heat.
- In a large bowl, add half of the shrimp, ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, alfredo sauce, and spinach; mix well.
- Strain water from pasta shells, and then stuff each with cheese mixture. Add one shrimp to each shell.
- Line in a casserole pan. I did two layers and topped each with an additional shrimp.
- Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 30 minutes at 350° f.
Notes
- 1 1/2 lbs. medium size shrimp
- 5 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 4 cloves of minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons of minced parsley
- 1/4 cup of dry white wine
- 1/8 tsp of red pepper flakes or ground black pepper *depending on tastes
Sorry but everything you need is RIGHT there in the recipe card? Not sure how much clearer it could be?!
Poorly demonstrated recipe. How much ricotta? How much cottage cheese? What oven temp? Not very good…..
I love shrimp scampi but I’ve never seen it prepared like this before. I am definitely going to try this recipe!
One of my favourite six letter words! I love shrimp. This looks like a scrumptious meal and I’m definitely going to try it
This looks really delish! Would be a great dinner any night of the week!
Gorton’s Shrimp Scampi seems very convenient for any recipes! It looks so yummy! I want to cook it later.
Shrimp scampi is one of my favorite dishes! I love the twist you’ve created with the stuffed shells on this classic! Can’t wait to try this! ????
You just combined two of my favorites, shrimp scampi and stuffed shells. Mind. Blown! This is going on the dinner plan for this week. Nom!
Oh my! You had me at shrimp and scampi and stuffed shells. These look so delicious. I am a big lover of shrimp
Now this is a unique meal idea! Being a seafood fan, especially shrimp, this will be a hit in my home!