Easiest Way to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Shrimp Scampi

Shrimp Scampi. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Mix shrimp with drained pasta in a serving bowl. 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.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the linguine and cook as the label directs. Meanwhile, season the shrimp with salt.

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Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Mix shrimp with drained pasta in a serving bowl. 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.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have shrimp scampi using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Scampi:

1. Make ready 2 lb of Shrimp (preferably Tiger Prawns).
2. Take 1 tsp of Red Pepper Flakes (more or less for your spice tolerance).
3. Take 2 tbsp of Butter.
4. Make ready 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of Chardonnay (Pinot Grigio works well with seafood too, or any white wine you like to drink).
6. Get 1 bunch of Italian Flat Leaf Parsley.
7. Get 1 each of Lemon.
8. Make ready 3 clove of Garlic.

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. Thus the dish was born, along with inevitable variations. Transfer the shrimp to a bowl.

Steps to make Shrimp Scampi:

1. Start with oiling the pan then sweating the minced garlic. Season lightly with salt and pepper..
2. After about 2 minutes add the prawns and pepper flakes and let them cook on high heat just to give it color on both sides. Don't fully cook them yet, we just want some color. It should take 2-3 minutes..
3. Once they have some color start removing them and set aside onto a plate..
4. Now add the extra virgin olive oil, butter, and wine and let it reduce to about half it's volume. If you like more sauce just add more olive oil, butter, and wine and continue reducing..
5. Once reduced add the half cooked prawns, rough chopped Italian parsley, lemon zest, and juice of half the lemon. Cook for about 1-2 minutes to finish cooking the prawns..
6. Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper if needed. If you cook the shrimp right they will have a nice crunch to them. Serve it as it is or over your favorite pasta. It also goes nicely with some warm crusty bread. Enjoy!.

Shrimp scampi is a classic, but decadent dish typically made with lots of butter and served over high-carb pasta or white rice. This version lightens things up a bit and is quick and easy enough for a weeknight meal. Add the shrimp, lemon juice, pepper and oregano; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink. Sprinkle with cheese, bread crumbs and parsley. Shrimp scampi has significance for the early immigrants, because in Italy scampi, the spiny langouste varietal, was prepared in this fashion.

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