You’ll be happy to discover that your Italian-restaurant favorite is so easy to make at home. While it certainly sounds like a complicated dish, this simple shrimp scampi recipe, which is made right in a skillet, can be on the table in just 15 minutes.
More About This Recipe
- This dish is perfect to make on April 29—otherwise known as National Shrimp Scampi Day. If you’re wondering why a seafood dish gets its own national day, then perhaps you haven’t yet tried a delicious plateful of shrimp scampi. While this dish is hearty enough to be considered a meal in itself, you might want to begin your scampi-celebration with a platter of Italian antipasto or a charcuterie board. You can serve easy shrimp scampi on top of hot fettuccine or angel hair pasta, then sprinkle the finished dish with chopped fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese. On the side, serve a crisp and garlicky Caesar salad or freshly steamed vegetables for a dash of green. For dessert, try bowlfuls of Neapolitan ice cream to continue the theme. Now that you know how to make shrimp scampi, perhaps you’d like to try another of Betty’s Best Shrimp Recipes.
Shrimp Scampi
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 15 min
- Servings 2
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
- 3/4 lb uncooked deveined peeled medium shrimp, thawed if frozen, tail shells removed
- 1 medium green onion, thinly sliced (1 tablespoon)
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh or 1/2 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley or 3/4 teaspoon parsley flakes
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Grated Parmesan cheese, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add shrimp and remaining ingredients except cheese. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until shrimp are pink. (Do not overcook shrimp or they will become tough.) Remove from heat. Sprinkle with cheese.
Nutrition
180
Calories
8g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
1g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 7%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 240mg
- 81%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 260mg
- 7%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 1g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 3 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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