Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, shrimp scampi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. 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 in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. 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 get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. 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:
- Prepare 2 lb Shrimp (preferably Tiger Prawns)
- Take 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (more or less for your spice tolerance)
- Make ready 2 tbsp Butter
- Prepare 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Make ready 1/2 cup Chardonnay (Pinot Grigio works well with seafood too, or any white wine you like to drink)
- Prepare 1 bunch Italian Flat Leaf Parsley
- Get 1 each Lemon
- Prepare 3 clove Garlic
Scampi can refer to large shrimp or prawns, but is most ubiquitously the quick dish of shrimp You might see shrimp scampi served over toasted bread, but for the hearty, most satisfying dinner dish. This easy and ultra-satisfying shrimp scampi recipe comes together in twenty minutes and is totally delicious! Shrimp are served with linguine pasta in a white wine-and-butter sauce flecked with fresh parsley for a quick and impressive main dish. If you love shrimp scampi (and who doesn't?), look no further than this super-easy recipe.
Steps to make Shrimp Scampi:
- Start with oiling the pan then sweating the minced garlic. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- 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.
- Once they have some color start removing them and set aside onto a plate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
Creamy Shrimp Scampi is one of those dishes that just hits the spot. Plump, juicy shrimps pair perfectly with my special, creamy sauce. Pour yourself a glass of white wine, kick back. Shrimp Scampi has long been one of my favorite dinner party recipes to make for a few reasons. Shrimp Scampi is always on them and it is always one of the most expensive dishes.
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