This quick and easy shrimp dish with a rich garlic butter sauce is served over hot pasta. Enjoy shrimp scampi with a green salad or steamed vegetables for a delicious meal.
❓ What is scampi?
While scampi often refers to a method of preparing shrimp (especially in the US), it actually is the name of a crustacean itself—a small edible lobster served alone or with melted butter. Because of the easy availability of shrimp, we use that in our scampi.
⏲️ Time needed
With little prep and short cooking time, you’ll have this dish on the table in 20 minutes.
🥘 Ingredients
- butter
- onion
- garlic
- Worcestershire sauce
- lemon juice
- Italian seasoning
- steak sauce
- hot sauce
- frozen cooked, peeled, deveined, tail-off shrimp
- fresh chopped parsley
- fettuccine
🌾 Adaptations for dietary restrictions
You can make this dish gluten-free by using GF pasta and making sure your Worcestershire sauce is gluten-free.
📋 Instructions
In a large skillet, melt the butter and add the onion and garlic and sauté until softened (about 3-4 minutes). Add the Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, steak sauce, and hot sauce.
Bring to a boil then add the shrimp, and heat until warmed through. Sprinkle with parsley and serve over fettuccine.
📖 Recipe
Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
- ½ c. butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- Italian seasoning, to taste
- 1 ½ tsp. steak sauce
- hot sauce to taste
- 1 lb. frozen cooked, peeled, deveined, tail-off shrimp, thawed
- fresh chopped parsley, to taste
- 12 oz pkg. fettuccine, cooked
Instructions
- In a large skillet, melt the butter and add the onion and garlic and sauté until softened (about 3-4 minutes).
- Add the Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Italian seasoning, steak sauce, and hot sauce. Bring to a boil then add the shrimp, heat until warmed through.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve over fettuccine.
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