Shrimp Scampi
Shrimp Scampi

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, shrimp scampi. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shrimp Scampi is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Shrimp Scampi is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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 get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have shrimp scampi using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Scampi:
  1. Make ready 6 clove Fresh Garlic
  2. Take 1 pints Halved Cherry Tomatoes
  3. Prepare 1 lb Raw Shrimp
  4. Get 1/2 lb Cooked Spaghetti Noodles
  5. Take 1/4 cup Olive Oil
  6. Make ready 1/2 stick Butter
  7. Get 1/2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
  8. Make ready 1/2 Fresh Squeezed Small Lemon
  9. Take 2 cup Fresh Whole Spinach Leaves
  10. Make ready 2 large Portobello Mushrooms (optional)

This shrimp scampi recipe varies from the typical one as there are sun dried tomatoes in the recipe. This is like eye candy when presented in a warmed ramekin dish with some chopped parsley and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese added to the top. Hubby says this is his favorite scampi and better than any he gets at an upscale restaurant. Scampi are tiny, lobster-like crustaceans with pale pink shells (also called langoustines).

Steps to make Shrimp Scampi:
  1. In a large skillet, turn your flame on its lowest setting. Add olive oil, butter, red pepper flakes, garlic and lemon juice. Cook for 12mins or until garlic is golden brown. this first step is essential in making your scampi because you need to give the garlic time to infuse into the oil
  2. Add in your halved cherry tomatoes
  3. Chop your large portobello mushrooms and cook them on very high heat in a separate pan if you cook them in the same pan as your scampi sauce the mushrooms will soak up the entire sauce
  4. Let cherry tomatoes cook in the scampi mixture for about 5-7mins. Then began to smash some of the tomatoes with a fork, in order to release all of its juices
  5. Add raw shrimp into the scampi sauce and cook on low heat until shrimp are pink and tender
  6. Taste a shrimp with the scampi sauce. Add salt/pepper to taste
  7. Right before you put the hot pasta into the scampi sauce, add in the mushrooms & as much fresh spinach as you desire. the hot pasta will wilt the spinach, no need to cook
  8. Toss your pasta with the veggies and scampi sauce & then serve hot

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. Top shrimp with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

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