Shrimp Scampi

By CheeseDiva

Ingredients

• 1 pound linguine, cooked
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pinch red chili pepper flakes (optional)
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 pound shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1/4 cup white wine
• 1 lemon, juice and zest
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 5mins
Cooking time 20mins
Adapted from closetcooking.com

Preparation

Step 1

Shrimp is one of my favorite foods and I am always looking for new ways to try it. I have been seeing recipes shrimp scampi for a while and I had been wanting to try it. Shrimp scampi is simply shrimp cooked in butter and garlic with a bit of lemon and white wine. I don't think you can go wrong with prawns, butter and garlic. I figured if I was going to cook the shrimp in a butter and garlic sauce that I would make a lot of the sauce, enough to smother the shrimp and pasta with some left over to soak up with bread. The shrimp scampi was really easy to make and it came together in no time. The shrimp were juicy and succulent and the butter and garlic sauce was really tasty. The touch of heat from chili was nice and the lemon and parsley made everything seem a little lighter and fresher. I will definitely be making this again!

Succulent sauteed shrimp in a buttery lemon and white wine sauce that is surprisingly quick and easy to make.

Servings: makes 4 servings

Directions

Heat the oil and melt the butter in a pan over medium heat.

Add the red chili pepper flakes and garlic and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Add the shrimp and saute until cooked, about 1-3 minutes per side.

Add the wine and lemon juice and bring to a boil.

Simmer the liquid until reduced by about half, about 3-5 minutes.

Add the butter, wait for it to melt and turn off the heat.

Add the shrimp, pasta and parsley and toss to coat.

Ok Kevin, this is going on my list of things to make. We like seafood in this household, and anything with seafood and pasta is a hit! Your meal looks delicious!

Butter, olive oil and lemon! Beautiful!!! That's going to my "To make" list.

Once we finish all of our leftovers, this is being bumped up to my next dish to make!

that's one yummy mama of a dish. u beat my vietnamese prawn noodle salad. :)

My husband will love me forever if I make this for him! Great photos kevin!

next time try adding a bit of the pasta water - the added starch will allow the sauce to really stick more to the pasta instead of totally draining to the bottom. of course you'll still have a nice puddle of sauce at the bottom, but the starch really thickens it a bit and allows it to cling to the pasta. bravo!

I so shouldn't be looking at good food when I'm really hungry - honestly - I'm pathetic - sitting at my computer whining and wishing someone would make me some shrimp scampi. Too bad my dogs don't cook.

This sounds delicious - I love shrimp also and have always wanted to make a shrimp scampi.

Saw this on Tastespotting (RIP) & knew I wanted to make this. I just did & it's delicious. Will be posting it up on my blog soon. Thanks for sharing.

I was craving Shrimp and I knew you would have the perfect recipe!! Made this t'nite with huge de-veined shrimp that I peeled and it was delicious!! Will def make again and again!I make a ton of your recipes and they always work out and get eaten up!!

What can I use in place of wine? Any ideas?

What can I use in place of wine? Any ideas?

Nikki: You can use chicken broth to replace the wine in this recipe.

This looks fantastic! Love shrimps and have tried to make something similar after having a gorgeous meal out but it wasn't that great, so really looking forward to giving this one a try.

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