How To Make Simple Shrimp Scampi
Made with dry white wine, red pepper flakes, and lemon juice, level up your dinner dish with this easy shrimp scampi recipe for a filling pasta meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 12ozlinguine
- 1½lbsextra large shrimp,peeled and deviened
- 3tbspextra virgin olive oil
- 3tbspunsalted butter
- 4clovesgarlic,minced
- ½cupdry white wine
- salt and freshly ground black pepper,to taste
- ⅛tspred pepper flakes,optional
- 2tbspfresh lemon juice
- ¼cupfresh parsley,chopped
Instructions
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Cook linguine according to package instructions.
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Meanwhile, melt butter with olive oil in a 12-inch skillet just over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for 1 to 2 minutes until just lightly golden. Don’t brown or it can taste bitter.
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Add wine and simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes until reduced by half.
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Add in shrimp in an even layer season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes and cook for about 1½ to 2 minutes per side until shrimp turn pink.
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Stir in lemon juice and a parsley then toss shrimp and sauce with pasta. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
- Calories: 509.00kcal
- Fat: 17.49g
- Saturated Fat: 6.06g
- Trans Fat: 0.30g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 8.08g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.92g
- Carbohydrates: 54.57g
- Fiber: 2.54g
- Sugar: 2.26g
- Protein: 27.83g
- Cholesterol: 189.78mg
- Sodium: 778.88mg
- Calcium: 104.27mg
- Potassium: 367.40mg
- Iron: 1.59mg
- Vitamin A: 144.85µg
- Vitamin C: 7.11mg
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