Scampi are tiny, lobster-like crustaceans with pale pink shells (also called langoustines). Italian cooks in the United States swapped shrimp for scampi, but kept both names. Thus the dish was born, along with inevitable variations.

Ingredients of Shrimp Scampi

  1. You need 1 box of spaghetti of pasta of your choice.
  2. Prepare of Frozen shrimp.
  3. It's 3-4 cloves of garlic.
  4. Prepare 2 tablespoons of butter.
  5. Prepare of Red pepper flakes.
  6. You need of Lemon juice.
  7. You need 1/4 cup of white wine.
  8. It's of Salt and pepper.
  9. Prepare of Parm.
  10. Prepare of Parsley.
  11. Prepare of Breadcrumbs.

Shrimp Scampi step by step

  1. Cook pasta.
  2. Melt butter in large pan.
  3. Rinse shrimp under water, pat dry, sprinkle with salt and pepper, put in bowl and sprinkle bread crumbs on top & mix with shrimp.
  4. Add shrimp, red pepper flakes, and garlic.
  5. Cook for about 3 minutes stirring occasionally, until shrimp are pink.
  6. Add wine and lemon juice, continue stirring. Add more salt and pepper if desired..
  7. Take off heat and stir in pasta. Sprinkle with parsley..

Shrimp scampi has to be one of the easiest ways to quickly prepare shrimp! We simply sauté the shrimp with garlic in butter and olive oil, splash it with some white wine, let the wine reduce while the shrimp cooks, and then toss it with fresh parsley, lemon juice and black pepper. Arrange shrimp in two shallow baking dishes. Top shrimp with lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add garlic to the warm hollandaise.

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