Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shrimp scampi. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Add the shrimp, lemon juice, pepper and oregano; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink. This quick scampi is perfect over pasta or by itself with fresh-squeezed lemon. You can serve easy shrimp scampi on top of hot fettuccine or angel hair pasta, then sprinkle the finished dish with chopped fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese.
Shrimp Scampi is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Shrimp Scampi is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have shrimp scampi using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Scampi:
- Take 1 pound medium-large raw shrimp, shelled, deveined, tail-on
- Make ready 2 Tbs. olive oil
- Prepare 2-3 Tbs. butter
- Prepare Dash Salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup zucchini, finely chopped
- Prepare 1-2 garlic cloves, mashed
- Get 1/2 Tbs. red pepper flakes (or more)
- Make ready 1/2 cup dry white wine
- Take 4 Tbs. parsley, chopped finely
- Take 1 Tbs. lemon juice
- Prepare Dash black pepper to taste
- Prepare 1 plum tomato, seeded, finely chopped
This is like eye candy when presented in a warmed ramekin dish with some chopped parsley and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese added to the top. Hubby says this is his favorite scampi and better than any he gets at an upscale restaurant. Scampi are tiny, lobster-like crustaceans with pale pink shells (also called langoustines). Italian cooks in the United States swapped shrimp for scampi, but kept both names.
Steps to make Shrimp Scampi:
- Prepare the shrimp. Place in a colander and rinse. Allow to dry in the refrigerator for 10 minutes while prepping the other ingredients.
- Heat a large sauté pan on medium-high heat. Reduce to medium and add olive oil and butter. Swirl the butter and olive oil around in the pan. Let the melted butter foam a bit. Add a dash of salt if using unsalted butter.
- Stir in the zucchini and sauté for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes. Sauté for an additional minute.
- Add the shrimp in an even layer in the pan, cook for 1 minute, and add the wine. Stir to coat the shrimp. Increase the heat to medium-high and boil the wine for 3 minutes.
- Gently stir to turn the shrimp over to cook on the other side. Continue to cook for another 2 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Sprinkle the shrimp with parsley, lemon juice, black pepper, tomato pieces, and toss to combine.
- Place the pan over low heat and cover for 1-2 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and pour the pan ingredients and juices over prepared pasta in a bowl or on plates.
Thus the dish was born, along with inevitable variations. Cook linguine according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small nonstick skillet, cook garlic in butter and oil until golden. This shrimp scampi is perfect for a weeknight dinner yet exciting enough for entertaining guests on the weekend. It's a simple dish made with a handful of flavorful ingredients that all come together and compliment each other perfectly.
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