Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon shrimp scampi. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Lemon shrimp scampi is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Lemon shrimp scampi is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have lemon shrimp scampi using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon shrimp scampi:
- Get 1/3 cup Butter (no subs!)
- Take 2 Green onions, chopped
- Make ready 2 tbsp fresh minced garlic (or to taste)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
- Get 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
- Take 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (can reduce to 1/3 cup for less lemony flavor)
- Get 1 salt (to taste)
- Take 1 Black pepper (lots)
- Take 2 lb large raw shrimp, peeled and devined
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Take 1 parm cheese
- Prepare 12 oz Angel hair pasta (or penne/bowtie/etc if you prefer bite sized noodles), cooked
A good salad with light flavors but unique textures. Hi Bob, lemon is a central ingredient in the flavor profile (both the lemon zest and lemon juice) and unfortunately there just is no substitute. Make the shrimp marinade by mixing the olive olive oil, chopped garlic, lemon zest, salt & pepper in a medium size bowl. Add in the shrimp and toss to combine.
Steps to make Lemon shrimp scampi:
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat
- Add in green onions, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, and red pepper flakes- cook for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly
- Reduce the heat to medium and add in shrimp- cook for about 5 minutes or until shrimp turns pink
- Season with salt and lots of black pepper and stir in parsley
- Toss with cooked pasta
- Sprinkle with desired amount of parm cheese
- Enjoy!
For the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper until smooth. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, salt and pepper. Peel and devein shrimp, removing tails. Cut each shrimp lengthwise in half.
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