Home Made Healthy Shrimp Scampi It’s incredibly flavorful, exquisitely rich and buttery, and saucy! You can make this simple prawn meal without any effort or stress in less than 30 minutes. Give it a try and enter the realm of garlicky lemon pasta dish bliss.
This shrimp scampi is lively enough to wow guests on the weekend, yet it’s also appropriate for a midweek meal. It’s a straightforward recipe composed with a few tasty components that blend together and enhance each other wonderfully. Moreover, cleanup is quite easy.
Serve this over a bed of robust linguine noodles and enjoy fresh, protein-rich prawns that have been sautéed to delicate perfection and tossed in a garlic butter white wine sauce that is enhanced with a vibrant dash of lemon.
Recipe By: Cooking Classy
Five servings
Prepare for ten minutes.
Cook for fifteen minutes.
INGREDIENTS FOR RECIPE:
- Twelve ounces of linguine
- 1 1/2 pounds of extra large
- skinned and deviened prawns
- Triple-trussed olive oil
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 minced garlic cloves (4 tsp)
- Half a cup of dry white wine
- Freshly ground black pepper and salt
- 1/8 teaspoon optional red pepper flakes
- Two tsp of lemon juice, fresh
- 1/4 cup of freshly chopped parsley
INSTRUCTIONS FOR RECIPE:
- As directed on the package, cook the linguine. Before draining, set aside 1/4 cup of pasta water in case you want to thin the dish later.
- In the meantime, melt butter in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat with olive oil. When the garlic is just softly browned, add it and sauté it for one to two minutes (don’t brown or it will taste bitter).
- Add the wine and simmer for two to three minutes, or until reduced by half.
- Add the shrimp in an even layer, season with the salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on each side, or until the shrimp become pink.
- Add lemon juice and parsley, then toss the spaghetti with the prawns and sauce. When necessary, thin with pasta water. Serve right away.
Notes:
- You can use low-sodium chicken broth instead.
- Instead of spaghetti, prawns can alternatively be served alongside fresh, crusty bread for dipping in sauce.
NUTRITION
Nutritional Information: Serving Size of Shrimp Scampi 550 caloriesFat Calories 162% of Daily Value* 18g28% fat, 6g38% saturated fat, and 361 mg 100% cholesterol Sodium: 229 mg/10% Potassium (304 mg/%) 53g18% of carbohydrates; 2g8% of fibre 2g2% sugar 37g74% of protein 480 IU of vitamin A10% thirteen milligrams of vitamin C16% Calcium (224 mg)Iron 4 mg 22% * The % Daily Values are calculated using a diet of 2000 calories.