Description
Enjoy a quick and delicious Garlicky Shrimp Scampi in just 15 minutes. This recipe features a buttery garlic sauce perfect for weeknight dinners, served over pasta or with crusty bread.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound Large Shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 4 cloves Garlic, fresh, minced
- 4 tablespoons Butter
- 1 cup Chicken Broth
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Zest, freshly grated
- 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 1/4 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper (optional)
- 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1/4 cup Chopped Parsley
Instructions
- Rinse shrimp under cold water and pat dry.
- Mince garlic.
- Melt butter in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat.
- Add minced garlic and sauté for about 3 minutes until fragrant.
- Increase heat to medium, add shrimp, and cook for about 3 minutes until pink and opaque.
- Remove shrimp. Add chicken broth, lemon zest, lemon juice, crushed red pepper, and salt to the skillet.
- Simmer sauce over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes.
- Taste sauce and adjust seasoning.
- Stir in half the chopped parsley.
- Return shrimp to skillet and toss in sauce for 1 minute.
- Serve over pasta or with crusty bread, garnished with remaining parsley.
Notes
- Use fresh garlic and lemon for best flavor.
- Avoid overcooking the shrimp.
- Thaw frozen shrimp completely and pat dry.
- Taste and adjust sauce seasoning before serving.
- This shrimp scampi recipe is gluten-free if served with gluten-free pasta or zucchini noodles.
- If you don’t have fresh garlic, use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder or substitute with shallots.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Seafood
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 300 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 250 mg