Description
Try this easy and healthy shrimp scampi pasta for a quick simple and delicious meal Perfect for weeknights date nights or holiday dinners with the best buttery lemon garlic sauce
Ingredients
Scale
- Shrimp 1 pound peeled and deveined
- Butter 6 tablespoons
- Olive oil 1 tablespoon
- Garlic 4 cloves minced
- Shallots 1 small diced
- Lemon juice 2 tablespoons
- Red pepper flakes 1 pinch
- White wine or broth 1/2 cup
- Parsley 2 tablespoons chopped
- Pasta 12 ounces cooked
Instructions
- Boil pasta until al dente and reserve pasta water.
- Sauté garlic and shallots in butter and olive oil.
- Add shrimp and cook until pink.
- Pour in wine or broth then add lemon juice and red pepper flakes.
- Swirl in butter to finish the sauce.
- Toss pasta with the sauce adding pasta water if needed.
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
Notes
- Do not overcook the shrimp.
- Add lemon zest for extra brightness.
- Use broth instead of wine if preferred.
- Adjust red pepper flakes for more spice.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 plate
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 610mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 28g
- Cholesterol: 215mg