Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, shrimp scampi. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Shrimp Scampi is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Shrimp Scampi is something which I have loved my whole life.
Add the shrimp, lemon juice, pepper and oregano; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink. This quick scampi is perfect over pasta or by itself with fresh-squeezed lemon. You can serve easy shrimp scampi on top of hot fettuccine or angel hair pasta, then sprinkle the finished dish with chopped fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have shrimp scampi using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Scampi:
- Prepare 8 oz shrimp
- Make ready 2 tsp mirepoix base
- Get 3 handfuls baby spinach (chopped)
- Make ready 4 oz light cream
- Take 5 oz spaghetti
- Prepare 1 shallot (minced)
- Take 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- Make ready 1 oz grated Parmesan
This shrimp scampi is perfect for a weeknight dinner yet exciting enough for entertaining guests on the weekend. It's a simple dish made with a handful of flavorful ingredients that all come together and compliment each other perfectly. Plus, clean up is a breeze. Scampi are tiny, lobster-like crustaceans with pale pink shells (also called langoustines).
Steps to make Shrimp Scampi:
- Pat shrimp dry and season with salt and pepper. Then cook the pasta with salt 8-10 mins (make sure to reserve 1/2 cup of that starchy pasta water when done).
- Cook shrimp on medium high 2 mins on each side while pasta is boiling. When done, add garlic and shallot and continue cooking for about a minute. Then add spinach until wilted. Lower heat to medium.
- Add cream, parmesan, base, and pasta water. Cook until desired thickness is reached. Add pasta and done.
Italian cooks in the United States swapped shrimp for scampi, but kept both names. Thus the dish was born, along with inevitable variations. Cook linguine according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small nonstick skillet, cook garlic in butter and oil until golden. Stir in the lemon juice, Italian seasoning and shrimp; heat through.
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