Lemon shrimp scampi

Name: Lemon shrimp scampi
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup Butter (no subs!); 2 Green onions, chopped; 2 tbsp fresh minced garlic (or to taste); 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste); 1 tbsp grated lemon peel; 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice (can reduce to 1/3 cup for less lemony flavor); 1 salt (to taste); 1 Black pepper (lots); 2 lb large raw shrimp, peeled and devined; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley; 1 parm cheese; 12 oz Angel hair pasta (or penne/bowtie/etc if you prefer bite sized noodles), cooked

kendall9688 @cook_3492440

Charleston, South Carolina

simply amazing :hungry

Lemon shrimp scampi

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Ingredients

25 mins

4 servings

1/3 cupButter (no subs!)
2Green onions, chopped
2 tbspfresh minced garlic (or to taste)
1/2 tspcrushed red pepper flakes (or to taste)
1 tbspgrated lemon peel
1/2 cupfresh lemon juice (can reduce to 1/3 cup for less lemony flavor)
1salt (to taste)
1Black pepper (lots)
2 lblarge raw shrimp, peeled and devined
1/4 cupchopped fresh parsley
1parm cheese
12 ozAngel hair pasta (or penne/bowtie/etc if you prefer bite sized noodles), cooked

Cooking Instructions

25 mins

1

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat
2

Add in green onions, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, and red pepper flakes- cook for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly
3

Reduce the heat to medium and add in shrimp- cook for about 5 minutes or until shrimp turns pink
4

Season with salt and lots of black pepper and stir in parsley
5

Toss with cooked pasta
6

Sprinkle with desired amount of parm cheese
7

Enjoy!