Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon shrimp scampi. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lemony Shrimp Scampi Plenty of garlic and butter make this classic Italian-American shrimp dish full of flavor and totally irresistible. Read the full recipe after the video. A restaurant quality meal right at home! You are going to love this Lemon Garlic Shrimp Scampi Recipe.
Lemon shrimp scampi is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lemon shrimp scampi is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have lemon shrimp scampi using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon shrimp scampi:
- Make ready 1/3 cup Butter (no subs!)
- Get 2 Green onions, chopped
- Get 2 tbsp fresh minced garlic (or to taste)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
- Get 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
- Make ready 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (can reduce to 1/3 cup for less lemony flavor)
- Make ready 1 salt (to taste)
- Get 1 Black pepper (lots)
- Take 2 lb large raw shrimp, peeled and devined
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Make ready 1 parm cheese
- Get 12 oz Angel hair pasta (or penne/bowtie/etc if you prefer bite sized noodles), cooked
Peel and devein shrimp, removing tails. Cut each shrimp lengthwise in half. Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large nonstick skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat.
Instructions to make Lemon shrimp scampi:
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat
- Add in green onions, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, and red pepper flakes- cook for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly
- Reduce the heat to medium and add in shrimp- cook for about 5 minutes or until shrimp turns pink
- Season with salt and lots of black pepper and stir in parsley
- Toss with cooked pasta
- Sprinkle with desired amount of parm cheese
- Enjoy!
Cook pasta according to package directions. In a large nonstick skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-high heat. Make the shrimp marinade by mixing the olive olive oil, chopped garlic, lemon zest, salt & pepper in a medium size bowl. Add in the shrimp and toss to combine. You're marinating on the counter so the shrimp will be room temperature, which will allow for even cooking under the broiler.
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