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Easy Shrimp Scampi – This recipe is so fast and delicious and requires little time to make. The perfect pasta dish in a hurry!
It is a great weeknight to have some pasta, but then again any night of the week is a great time to have some pasta…Especially when you throw in some shrimp and a tasty white wine sauce.
But let me ask you something…
Am I the only person that feels as though Shrimp Scampi is one of those recipes that sounds so elegantly complicated when you say it by name that you do not dare to even give it a try because you are almost 100% sure that you will mess it up. I mean let’s face it, anytime you the see the word shrimp followed by scampi don’t you just think that you will have to have graduated from some fancy culinary school to even try it.
Well surprisingly this actually is a very easy recipe to master and it makes use of ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen. I love a recipe that does not require me to make an extra trip to the store for ingredients!
Easy Shrimp Scampi Ingredients:
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 whole medium onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound of large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup white wine
- juice of 2 whole lemons
- red pepper flakes, to taste
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 8 ounces angel hair pasta
- dried or fresh chopped basil, to taste
- dried or fresh chopped parsley, to taste
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese (optional topping)
Instructions:
Boil water for the angel hair pasta, you will want to have it hot and ready.
Heat olive oil and melt 2 Tablespoons of the butter in large skillet over medium heat.
Add the onions and garlic and cook for two to three minutes; until the onions are translucent.
Add in the shrimp, then stir and cook for a couple of minutes.
Squeeze in lemon juice and add in white wine, 2 Tablespoons/the rest of the butter, salt, pepper, basil, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Stir and reduce heat to low.
Throw angel hair pasta into the boiling water. Cook until just done/al dente, when done drain and reserve a cup or two of the pasta water.
Remove skillet from heat. Add pasta and toss, adding a splash of pasta water if it needs to be thinned. Taste for seasonings, adding salt and pepper if needed. Top with grated Parmesan if you would like and Enjoy!
Easy Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 whole medium onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 cup white wine
- juice of 2 whole lemons
- red pepper flakes, to taste
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 8 ounces angel hair pasta
- dried or fresh chopped basil, to taste
- dried or fresh chopped parsley, to taste
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese (optional topping)
Instructions
- Boil water for the angel hair pasta, you will want to have it hot and ready.
- Heat olive oil and melt 2 Tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the onions and garlic and cook for two to three minutes; until the onions are translucent.
- Add in the shrimp, then stir and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Squeeze in lemon juice and add in white wine, 2 Tablespoons/the rest of the butter, salt, pepper, basil, parsley, and red pepper flakes. Stir and reduce heat to low.
- Throw angel hair pasta into the boiling water. Cook until just done/al dente, when done drain and reserve a cup or two of the pasta water.
- Remove skillet from heat. Add pasta and toss, adding a splash of pasta water if it needs to be thinned. Taste for seasonings, adding salt and pepper if needed. Top with grated Parmesan if you would like and Enjoy!
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8 Comments
Tamara
February 18, 2016 at 11:33 AMAs a matter of fact, I’ve always assumed it was well above my league! Glad to see it isn’t. And yours looks delicious.
admin
February 19, 2016 at 9:48 AMYay!! It is not…you know we are all about the easy recipes here 🙂
Yum Yucky
February 19, 2016 at 2:50 PMYes yes yes! I have everything already on hand to whip this up this weekend. Thanks LaKita!
admin
February 19, 2016 at 10:04 PMYes!!! Do it…You are so welcome 🙂
Sonya
February 19, 2016 at 3:13 PMI haven’t made shrimp scampi in a really long time. I recently found a gluten free pasta that I like a lot so I should try making it again. Yours looks delicious.
admin
February 19, 2016 at 10:06 PMGreat—You should give it a try and I’m so glad that they make so many different types of pasta. We use corn pasta a lot.
Charlotte
February 21, 2016 at 2:17 PMThis looks delicious and a great lunch option for us as it’s quite simple, I don’t cook with shrimp very often here! Thanks for linking up to #YumTum this week.
admin
February 22, 2016 at 6:51 PMYou are welcome and Thank you! I don’t cook with shrimp often either but it is a nice protein change when I do.