Shrimp Scampi

January 22, 2024 (reformatted)

One of my wife’s favorites when we go out so pulled this recipe out of moth balls and will work on it so we can do it at home now that I’m retired.

Summary

  • Prep Time: 10 min
  • Cook Time: 10 min
  • Other:
  • Total Time: 20 min
  • Servings: 4
  • Yield:

Ingredients

  • 3 to 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1/4 cup butter, cubed (try 3 tbsp)
  • 1/4 cup olive oil (try 1.5 oz)
  • 1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
    • Bags are now 12 oz so reducing some other ingredients accordingly.
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice (1 lemon ~ 1.5 oz)
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley (reduce by about half)
  • Hot cooked angel hair pasta or thin spaghetti

Directions

  1. In a 10-in. ovenproof skillet, saute garlic in butter and oil until fragrant. Add the shrimp, lemon juice, pepper and oregano; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink. Sprinkle with cheese, bread crumbs and parsley.
  2. Broil 6 in. from the heat for 2-3 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Serve with pasta.

Adjustments

  • None

History

  • 2026-01-28 – Made a “whole” recipe except that the shrimp was 12 oz. Looks like the bags have gotten smaller. Next time I want to reduce butter to 3 tbsp and oil to 1.5 oz but keep the other ingredients at full amounts. That gives good spice and crispies on top. I’m also using the juice of 1 lemon which seems to be closer to 1.5 oz already so will continue that way.
  • 2025-11-13 – Repeated the last makings method and it was very good again. Should have noted that I made a half recipe and that worked great as a dinner for two!
  • 2024-12-19 – Made again with thin spaghetti and this time got the water boiling before doing anything else. I mixed the cheese and bread crumbs together more and kept parsley separate. Covered with about half the cheese & crumb mixture, covered that with parsley and then the remaining mixture. Into broiler for 3 minutes and it came out very well.
  • 2024-1-22 – Made this with thin spaghetti. Need to remember how long it takes to get pasta water boiling because it wasn’t ready until about 5 minutes after shrimp was done on cooktop. The taste was good but I’d have liked the cheese & bread crumb mixture to coat the shrimp better. There were many “bread crumb – cheese balls” and while tasty, I’d like it to adhere to the shrimp more.

References

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