Publix had shrimp on sale Buy One Get One Free last week, so I decided to splurge and make this meal for Father's Day.
The best part?Â
It tastes just like Red Lobster's Shrimp Scampi! Â
Make it for a fraction of the cost of heading out to eat ~ well worth the effort.
The first time I made this dish I purchased shrimp from Earthfare when it was on sale for $5 a pound.  I had never prepared shrimp before, so I knew nothing about it, and didn't know to check for veined vs. deveined and peeled vs. not peeled.  So I had to call my best friend who makes shrimp all the time to ask her how to make it.
After a lot of stress and many photo swaps later, I managed to take care of it (and was so proud of myself!)  I learned a very important lesson . . . ALWAYS buy the deveined and peeled shrimp. I told my husband it was so much easier to make this time. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 6 – 8 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 1/2 cup of chicken broth
- 1/2 lemon juice only (of use 1/2 cup of lemon juice)
- 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning
- 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick)
- 1 tablespoon of parsley
- 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
- 1 lb of pasta
Directions
- Add olive oil to your skillet or sauté pan.
- Once the olive oil is warm, add shrimp and cook until tender (about 10 – 15 min). Reduce heat and remove shrimp and set aside (I just put mine in a bowl).
- In the same skillet add garlic, chicken broth and lemon, cooking on medium heat. Meanwhile, start cooking the pasta in a separate pot.
- Cook until broth is reduced by half. (around 10 – 15 minutes – but I am horrible at this part).
- Add Italian seasoning.
- Reduce heat to low and add butter.
- Add shrimp to the sauce then top with parsley and Parmesan cheese.
- Drain the pasta and top with the sauce. Yummy!
- Enjoy 🙂
You may want to try Red Lobster Cheddar Biscuits to go along with this dish!
Recipe adapted from BoymeetsBowl. Â If you need a little more menu inspiration, go HERE.Â
I too am hoping you can clarify the lemon part?
Does it mean add a 1/2 cup fresh lemon or only the juice from 1/2 of a lemon?
Preparing to make it tonight!
Thanks, Jean
Hi Jean! The juice from half of a lemon! 🙂 Hope that helps!
Might want to mention if you are using raw or cooked shrimp. My guess is raw as if you did the cooked for 10-15min it would be like rubber. Raw can also be frozen. It just means it’s not been cooked. It will be gray in color until chilled when it will then turn pink. Happy eating
Cooked..not chilled..
Made it tonight for dinner, family loved it
Yayyyy! I’m so glad Betsey!
Not element lemon that’s what I meant I was using my talk-to-text
Can you better explain the lemon part? Are you saying just squeeze half of the element to get the half cup?