Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, lemon shrimp scampi. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Lemon shrimp scampi is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Lemon shrimp scampi is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have lemon shrimp scampi using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lemon shrimp scampi:
- Get 1/3 cup Butter (no subs!)
- Prepare 2 Green onions, chopped
- Prepare 2 tbsp fresh minced garlic (or to taste)
- Get 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
- Take 1 tbsp grated lemon peel
- Prepare 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (can reduce to 1/3 cup for less lemony flavor)
- Take 1 salt (to taste)
- Prepare 1 Black pepper (lots)
- Get 2 lb large raw shrimp, peeled and devined
- Make ready 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Get 1 parm cheese
- Prepare 12 oz Angel hair pasta (or penne/bowtie/etc if you prefer bite sized noodles), cooked
Meanwhile make a quick shrimp stock: In a small pot, over medium heat, add the shrimp shells and onion. Cover with water and bring to a boil. Hi Bob, lemon is a central ingredient in the flavor profile (both the lemon zest and lemon juice) and unfortunately there just is no substitute. There are a lot of different shrimp scampi recipes online though with different (non-citrus) flavor profiles.
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!
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. Peel and devein shrimp, removing tails. Cut each shrimp lengthwise in half. Cook pasta according to package directions.
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