Quick Easy Shrimp Scampi
A quick and easy shrimp scampi that is as good as any restaurant.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound pasta fehttuchini or linguini goes good with this
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 large garlic cloves chopped
- 2 fresh lemons 1 zested and juiced -1 sliced
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons salt 1 tablespoon for the pasta 1/2 for the scampi
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped or 1 tbsp. dried basil or dried parsley
- 1/2 pound large shrimp peeled and deveined
- grated parmesan cheese for garnish
Instructions
- Put a pot on to boil for the pasta. Thaw the shrimp in the microwave or a bowl of water, if needed. Then peel and devein them, also, if needed. When the pasta water starts to boil add some salt and the pasta. Stir up the pasta right away so it doesn't stick together.
- Chop the garlic, zest the lemon, slice up another lemon and chop up the fresh parsley. Dried parsley or dried basil will work in a pinch if you don't have any fresh parsley.
- Put a skillet on at medium. Add a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter. As soon as the butter melts add all of the remaining ingredients except the shrimp. Mix everything together and spread it out. Lay the shrimp out on top and as soon as they start to turn pink turn them over and pink up the other side. Then mix the shrimp up with the sauce.
- If the pasta isn't done yet lower the heat on the skillet to as low as it can go. When the pasta is done drain it and put it back in the pot. Put the Shrimp Scampi in with the pasta and toss it all together.
- If the pasta is done first drain it and put it back in the pot. Add about a tablespoon of olive oil in with the pasta and stir it up getting the pasta coated with the oil. Put it back on the stove at as low a setting as possible. Turning it over a few times until the Shrimp Scampi is done. When the shrimp is done put it and everything else from the skillet in with the pasta and stir it all together.
- Serve it right away garnished with some grated parmesan cheese. A Caprese Salad and some of Poppop's no knead bread to dip in the sauce is great. How's that for a quick but fantastic weeknight meal?
Notes
Nutrition
Calories: 594kcalCarbohydrates: 87.3gProtein: 15.5gFat: 20.1gSaturated Fat: 8.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.8gMonounsaturated Fat: 8.3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 30.1mgSodium: 5333.5mgPotassium: 311.2mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3.1gVitamin A: 704.9IUVitamin C: 7.2mgCalcium: 49.2mgIron: 2mg
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