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Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi is so quick and easy. A garlic buttery scampi sauce with a hint of white wine & lemon in less than 10 minutes!
It can be enjoyed as an appetizer, light meal OR for dinner with your favourite pasta of choice! You can also keep it low carb and serve over zucchini noodles or with steamed cauliflower. Either way it’s delicious and even better than an Italian restaurant Scampi!
Shrimp Recipe
After publishing TWO Scampi recipes on this blog over the years, one being Browned Butter Shrimp Scampi and the other this reader favourite Crispy Baked Shrimp Scampi, I wanted to give you guys an even easier recipe ready in less than 10 minutes.
Actually, I started making our family favourite garlic butter recipe when we realised it was fast turning into a Scampi since we add white wine into our recipe for added flavour. So then, I had to share it.
Tips make the best shrimp scampi
- Have all of your ingredients ready on your kitchen bench and close to your cooking area if possible. This recipe cooks FAST. You don’t want to be head deep into your refrigerator searching for your wine, for example, while the shrimp is cooking away on the stove. Over-cooked shrimp is rubbery, tough and not pleasant to eat at all.
- The shrimp is cooked in a butter/oil combination prevent the butter from burning. You can use all butter if you wish, just note it will begin to brown while the shrimp are cooking. (Nothing wrong with a little browned butter.) Though, I do prefer the flavour of a butter/oil mixture in this.
- I love extra large or jumbo shrimp (or prawns) in this recipe! They’re fat and juicy and perfect for a shrimp scampi! If you can find wild-caught shrimp, please cook with those. Better flavour, better colour and a lot healthier for you than farm-raised seafood.
- Use a good quality white wine. I use a Sav Blanc when cooking this recipe. You can also use a Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay.
Shrimp Scampi without wine
Wine can be omitted completely OR substitute with chicken broth if you wish. Chicken broth has a much better flavour than fish broth, however, if you have homemade fish broth laying around, you can definitely use that!
How To Make Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi
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Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4-5 cloves garlic large, minced, or 1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 1/4 pounds shrimp large prawns, shelled with tails on or off
- 1 pinch salt to taste
- 1 pinch cracked pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup dry white wine or broth
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes crushed, or to taste – optional
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter in a large pan or skillet. Add garlic and sauté until fragrant (about 30 seconds – 1 minute). Then add the shrimp, season with salt and pepper to taste and sauté for 1-2 minutes on one side (until just beginning to turn pink), then flip.
- Pour in wine (or broth), add red pepper flakes (if using). Bring to a simmer for 1-2 minutes or until wine reduces by about half and the shrimp is cooked through (don’t over cook your shrimp).
- Stir in the remaining butter, lemon juice and parsley and take off heat immediately.
- Serve over rice, pasta, garlic bread or steamed vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini noodles).
Notes
- Use a good quality white wine. I use a Sav Blanc when cooking this recipe. You can also use a Pinot Grigio or Chardonnay.
- Have all of your ingredients ready on your kitchen bench and close to your cooking area if possible. This recipe cooks FAST.
- The shrimp is cooked in a butter/oil combination prevent the butter from burning. You can use all butter if you wish, just note it will begin to brown while the shrimp are cooking.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Without question, the Shrimp Scampi that our family has ever had…..Thank you for the recipe!
This recipe is fantastic! We used chicken broth and fresh cilantro instead of wine and parsley just because we were out of those items, but this was still amazing. Thank you Cafe Delites!
I’m so glad you mentioned this Gary! I was going to do the same thing: substitute broth and cilantro because I don’t have white wine or parsley, but I was hesitant. I’ve made this before as written but wasn’t sure about making the substitutions. Thanks for letting us know yours turned out great!
This was awesome over a bed of pasta. The only two changes were we used chicken broth instead of wine, and we added chopped red peppers at the start with the garlic for color, our kids ate it up and asked for seconds. Going to repeat this recipe! Delicious Thank you
I used the cilantro you suggested instead of parsley but kept the Sauvignon Blanc wine. It was excellent! Nice idea.
Awesome. I used wine and fresh ¼ c. coagulated chicken broth from thighs I did nite before, 2 squirts lemon juice, with lots fresh garlic chop fine, 1 gr. onion ñ ¾ of the stem chopped fine, touch of red crushed pepper, fresh cilanto leaves chopped, lots of Romano grated cheese ñ a good chunk of butter. Reduced down to thickness I wanted and added the marinated 15 minute fresh shrimp of~ olive oil , garlic granular and Himalayan salt touch of black pepper. Oh my golly over the top with toasted Italian bread to dip in the sauce
The BEST way to serve this is over spaghetti squash! Low carb, more nutritious and flavorful than pasta!
That shrimp scampi looks delicious,I have to try it. Thanks for the recipe.
Awesome recipe. I do add a bit (okay a lot) more garlic, but that’s just me.
I use more garlic too! I love garlic! My 8 year old son doesn’t and complained about not liking the smell, but everyone else thought the house smelled phenomenal! He also doesn’t like shrimp tho, so that could have been the problem 😊
I have been using this recipe for about a year now. My family and I LOVE the way it turns out! I do change one small thing though. I add italian seasoning to taste over parsley. It goes great with the garlic and wine. The best part is my mother in law always has a box of dry white wine in the fridge and a bag of shrimp in the freezer so scampi is never too far out of the way for dinner. I also like to make the scampi, boil some linguini, fettuccini or tortellini, add some four cheese alfredo, and mix it all together in a pot. It’s absolutely delicious! Thank you for such an amazing recipe.
O M G! This just made my mind explode. I’m heading the grocery story to make this happen for me tonight lol
this recipe was so delicious!! my family all wanted seconds, and was finished that night except enough for me for lunch. my principle tried it and loved it so much that she wanted this recipe!!! yummm
This was awesome. I cut out a 1/4 of the butter and didn’t miss it a bit. I would make double the sauce to drizzle over noodles.
OMG! Made this for supper tonight. Taste just like Red Lobster! LOVED it!
Apparently I nailed it! The family loved it and so did I. Thanks so much for the recipe. I did season the shrimp with a Hawaiian garlic shrimp coating instead but it would have been beautiful either way. Again thank you.
Can you tell me more about this “Hawaiian garlic shrimp coating”? I’m very curious, it sounds delicious
Hello! I just love your recipes! For the shrimp scampi, what temp should the skillet be set to please? I’m sorry if I missed that in your instructions! Thank you!