Shrimp Scampi

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"Good recipe, very tasty. I'll be making a few adjustments to suit my family's taste. Seemed heavy on the lemon and light on the garlic. We chose to serve over angel hair. Next time we will actually toss the pasta in the big Scampi pan and add a bit more oil so that the flavors combine with the pasta. Overall, a very good mild Scampi. Thank you for posting." - Yme405

Yield: 4 Ready in 20 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Shrimp

(4.4, 109) 86% would make again (reviews)

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didn't use Tabasco (I'm a wuss), and I always add asparagus to my scampi dishes. MMMM scampi. :) photo by rubicat

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Original recipe makes 4

1/4 tslemon peel; Grated, (or more)

1 tbVegetable oil

1 lbShrimp; peeled

6 tbButter

4 clovesGarlic

Tabasco; or crushed red pepper

1/4 tsSalt; optional

1 tbLemon juice

2 tbParsley; minced

1 tbGreen onion; chopped, (or more)

Shrimp Scampi Preparation

Melt butter over medium heat. Stir in onion, oil, garlic, lemon juice and salt. Cook till boiling.

Pat shrimp dry and add. Cook stirring occasionally till shrimp turn pink (5 min.) Blend in parsley, lemon peel & tabasco. Garnish with lemon wedge. Serve over angel hair pasta or rice.

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We choose to add home made pesto sauce, crushed red peppers and a more lemon peel.....Excellent meal. photo by brealcmia

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didn't use Tabasco (I'm a wuss), and I always add asparagus to my scampi dishes. MMMM scampi. :) photo by rubicat

Calories Per Serving: 301
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	I will definitely make this dish again. I added more garlic and used olive oil instead of vegetable oil. After removing shrimp , added angel hair pasta to sauce and served it with the shrimp on top. Very pretty and delicious dish. The next time I make this, I will start onion and garlic in wine before adding butter, etc. My hubby loved this dish. TexasGrl 1 days, 1 hours, 28 minutes ago
	Wolfen87 1 weeks, 4 days, 22 hours, 33 minutes ago
	cristieraynor 2 weeks, 4 days, 16 hours, 46 minutes ago
	Very, very good recipe and super easy! I followed the followed the recipes ingredients but I added a lot more green onions and garlic and like other people have said I thought the sauce was a little thin so I added a little cream cheese and that helped a lot. My husband really liked this dish, I will definitely be making it again!! bionerd15 2 weeks, 4 days, 17 hours, 59 minutes ago
	Just following the recipe, the 'sauce' is too thin, I added about 2 large spoonfuls of sour cream to make it a bit thicker and it really helped dmartin1 3 weeks, 5 days, 13 hours, 28 minutes ago
	wish it was thicker but yummy marvin2992 3 weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, 39 minutes ago
	Very good. I used twice as parsley and lemon. dzhou64 4 weeks, 11 hours, 47 minutes ago
	Bland , if you go by the instructing. JEBBellamy 1 months, 2 weeks, 15 hours, 44 minutes ago
	My husband loved it. I thought it was good, but needed more lemon flavor. A little prep time- overall easy and fairly quick. lavioux 1 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 14 hours, 40 minutes ago
	I couldn't believe how easy this was. Be careful not to over cook the shrimp, they start to get tough quickly. tahquitz 1 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 13 hours, 44 minutes ago
	Not bad, but not earth shattering either coachally1 2 months, 1 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes ago
	Very nice with water chestnuts and some left over fish I had. Also added some cream towards the end. Delicious. Heatherferg 2 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 15 hours, 52 minutes ago
	Jolito 2 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 11 hours, 23 minutes ago
	michenka 2 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 14 hours, 42 minutes ago
	So tasty. Have to add a little more garlic and lemon zest. bwolf2012 2 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 11 hours, 31 minutes ago
	cheesyitzel 3 months, 3 days, 15 hours, 6 minutes ago
	amac28 3 months, 3 days, 17 hours, 30 minutes ago
	Amazing I added a little bit more garlic, but everyone loved it. marr611657 3 months, 3 weeks, 1 hours, 3 minutes ago
	Excellent! My kids loved it, for once we had no leftovers :-) Umabboud 4 months, 5 days, 12 hours, 57 minutes ago
	Delicious, but did add several additional pieces of garlic and still could have had more! lisasigrid 4 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 11 hours, 17 minutes ago