This is an easy, family friendly recipe for Shrimp Scampi, a dish beloved by many.
Shrimp scampi is one of those amazing things that you see often on a restaurant menu. But it’s super easy to make at home too! This recipe requires only 6 main ingredients to make. And you can eat it on its own or serve it over your favorite carb.
🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- salted butter
- garlic cloves
- large shrimp
- dry white wine
- lemon
- fresh parsley
- salt and pepper
✏️ How to make Shrimp Scampi:
*The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post.
- In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir and watch carefully. You don’t want the butter or garlic to burn. Remove the garlic from the pan and discard.
- Add the shrimp to the hot butter. Sauté the shrimp until firm and pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the wine, lemon, salt and pepper.
➡️ Tips and Substitutions:
- Shrimp scampi is great served over rice, polenta, cauliflower puree, or pasta.
- An easy way to crush the garlic is to peel the garlic, lay it on its side and then take a wide knife and use it smash down and crush the garlic.
- Pinot grigio and sauvignon blanc are two good dry white wines you can use in this recipe.
We like shrimp scampi served over spaghetti and sprinkled with freshly chopped parsley. You can drizzle the juices leftover in the pan over the shrimp and pasta.
✔️ What to serve with Shrimp Scampi:
Serve this delicious meal with a caesar salad, cheesy garlic bread and your favorite white wine.
❤️ What I love about this recipe:
- I love that you don’t have to invest in a lot of ingredients to make this recipe.
- It’s a quick and easy to make dinner.
- I love the flexibility of being able to serve shrimp scampi over different things.
Favorite Seafood Pasta Recipes:
Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 medium garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- 1 medium lemon, juiced
- salt and pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- rice, polenta, cauliflower puree, or pasta (for serving)
Instructions
- In a large skillet, melt the butter. Add the garlic and cook for about 2 minutes. Stir and watch carefully. You don't want the butter or garlic to burn. Remove the garlic from the pan and discard.
- Add the shrimp to the hot butter. Sauté the shrimp until firm and pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the wine, lemon, salt and pepper.
- Serve over rice, polenta, cauliflower puree or pasta and sprinkle with parsley.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
