Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp Scampi

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, shrimp scampi. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shrimp Scampi is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Shrimp Scampi is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Shrimp scampi has to be one of the easiest ways to quickly prepare shrimp! We simply sauté the shrimp with garlic in butter and olive oil, splash it with some white wine, let the wine reduce while the. It's deliciously saucy, perfectly rich and buttery and amazingly flavorful!

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have shrimp scampi using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Scampi:
  1. Get 1/2 Pound Whole Wheat Linguine
  2. Get 14 Shrimps , deveined and tails on
  3. Get 2 Tablespoons Butter
  4. Take 1 1/2 Tablespoons Garlic , minced
  5. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Cilantro Parsley or , chopped
  6. Make ready 2 Pinchs Chilli Flakes
  7. Make ready 1 Teaspoon Lemon Zest
  8. Get 1 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
  9. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon Black Pepper , freshly ground
  10. Get 1/3 Cup White wine Chicken Stock or
  11. Prepare To Taste Salt

Shrimp are served with linguine pasta in a white wine-and-butter sauce flecked with fresh parsley for a quick and impressive main dish. 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. Shrimp scampi is a seafood and pasta dish that looks incredibly elegant but takes just minutes to cook and requires a few simple ingredients.

Steps to make Shrimp Scampi:
  1. In a pot bring water (enough to cook pasta) to boil. Season the water generously with salt. Throw in the linguine and cook as per package instruction. I always cook for 1-2 minutes less than instructed as the pasta continues to cook once the sauce is added. Drain and keep aside.
  2. In a separate pan, melt the butter on medium heat and fry the garlic till fragrant. Add the shrimps and cook till they turn pink. Be careful not to overcook.
  3. Now carefully take the shrimp out and set aside. To the same pan - there should be plenty butter left - add the lemon zest, lemon juice, chili flakes and chopped cilantro and stir well to incorporate.
  4. Add the wine (or chicken stock) and cook till it reduces a bit. Now add the shrimps back. Give it a quick stir. Pour the sauce over the linguine and toss. Serve warm.

Too much olive oil in my opinion. I am also accustomed to most scampi recipes having some lemon so I added some lemon peel. Shrimp scampi is a seafood dish that consists of large prawns are sautéed in butter and garlic. Sometimes butter and olive oil are used together along with a variety of. A classic shrimp scampi linguine recipe that everyone will love.

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