Shrimp scampi is one of the quick and easy recipes for fast, yet delicious and impressive weekday meals. Just toss shrimp in a white wine, garlic, parsley, chili flakes, and pasta. You’ll have the most satisfying dinner ready in less than a half hour. I use fresh shrimp. I never use frozen shrimp. I buy fresh shrimp, peel, devein. Yes, it sounds like a lot of work, but once you taste fresh shrimp, you don’t feel like going back. Fresh shrimp is so soft, that it hits the spot every time. When the week is busy, time is short and you want to make home-cooked meals for yourself or family, pasta is the one.

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Making your own pasta gives you so many choices. Whole-wheat pasta, gluten-free pasta, good quality fresh plump shrimp, healthy oil, much needed white wine. Knock your socks off with tail on shrimp. You’ll start wondering why you dine in and order expensive meals. You will soon realize that making healthy home-made meals for yourself and your family is, in fact, a great priceless experience!

Shrimp Scampi

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

Author: Ujwala Chintala

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 cups fusilli pasta
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp butter
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• ¼ cup dry white wine
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• Salt and chili powder
• 2 pounds fresh shrimp peeled and deveined
• 2 sprigs chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

1. Peel and devein shrimp.
2. Boil water in a pot. Add salt and cook pasta according to package instructions; drain well.
3. Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
4. Add the shrimp, and cook until the shrimp are cooked thru about 2 minutes.
5. Add garlic, wine, lemon juice, salt, and chili powder.
6. Cook until salt, chili powder and wine seep thru, about 2 minutes more.
7. Add pasta mix well.
8. Serve hot.

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