Classic Shrimp Scampi is a delicious recipe of pan-cooked shrimp drenched in decadent garlic butter and lemon sauce. This simple shrimp dish is made in minutes and is best served over pasta or with crusty bread for dipping.
If you love shrimp dishes then try this shrimp cocktail or this brown butter spicy garlic shrimp. For a more filling shrimp recipe, this cajun popcorn shrimp and this sausage and shrimp rice are great options.
Best Shrimp Scampi Recipe
Hello, it’s Aimee from my site Aimee Mars and I’m sharing a super easy recipe. Classic Shrimp Scampi is one of those recipes you can easily prepare to impress your guests or serve as a simple, but elegant meal. It only takes about 10 minutes to make from start to finish, however, marinating the shrimp before cooking them is key. If you have the time let the uncooked shrimp sit in the garlic and olive oil marinated for 30 minutes.
This classic dish is most commonly served over a bed of spaghetti noodles however, you can just as easily pair this shrimp with rice pilaf or any other kind of vegetable. One step to not forget though is grabbing a large loaf of crusty bread to mop up the delicious scampi sauce with.
What is Shrimp Scampi
This delicious and simple recipe acquires its name from the sauce the shrimp is drenched in, called scampi. Scampi sauce consists of lemon, butter, garlic, and a dry white wine or broth. This flavorful mixture is perfect for dipping crusty bread into it or tossing it with cooked spaghetti noodles.
Shrimp Scampi without Wine
The wine in this recipe isn’t necessary, though it’s part of the classic recipe, it can be swapped out. Any type of broth, especially chicken broth, will nicely take the place of the dry white wine. To change this ingredient remove the ¼ cup of white wine and add ¼ cup of broth.
How Long to Cook Shrimp
The shrimp in this recipe should be just cooked, which means they’re slightly pink on the outside and white on the inside. An easy trick, though it causes the recipe to take a little longer is to line the shrimp in a large skillet. Wait for almost 1 minute from the time you placed the first shrimp down and then start back at the beginning and flip them to the other side. Again, wait for 1 minute from the time you flipped the first shrimp before removing them from the skillet.
You can just as easily place all the uncooked shrimp into a large skillet. Then toss them until they’ve reached proper doneness. Make sure to watch them closely as the outer layer turns pink and the shrink slightly in size. Then you’ll know they’re done.
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Sheet Pan Salmon & Green Vegetables With Herb Garlic Sauce
This healthy and nutritious sheet pan baked salmon with herb & garlic sauce and green vegetables is quick and easy and suitable for paleo, keto, whole30 and AIP diets.
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been obsessed with quick and easy sheet pan meals recently. You might have tried my chorizo, chicken and asparagus bake, this quick and easy baked spiced cod with Brussels sprouts, my mushroom with balsamic chicken and onions, or my Italian sheet pan baked eggs. Today, I’m giving you a nutritious, delicious, super food packed meal of baked salmon with zesty herb and garlic sauce and green vegetables.
This sheet pan meal ticks so many boxes: paleo, keto, AIP and Whole30 friendly, it’s a perfect meal for anyone doing a reset. It has loads of green veggies, it has omega-3s rich fish, it’s quick and easy, and most importantly, it’s full of flavour.
Cook’s notes
I am using salmon fillets because I love oily fish and my partner really likes this particular type of fish. You can use any other part of salmon, like salmon steaks which are cheaper, or any other fish that suits your budget and location.
You can also make this with prawns or chicken instead of fish. For prawns, start baking the vegetables earlier and add the prawns in the last 5 minutes as they don’t need much time to cook. For chicken, it’s the other way around. Slice the chicken fillets into thinner strips and bake for 5 minutes before adding the vegetables, then cook for 15 more minutes together, so a total of 20 minutes for thin strips of chicken.
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This healthy and nutritious sheet pan baked salmon with herb & garlic sauce and green vegetables is quick and easy and suitable for paleo, keto, whole30 and AIP diets.
For the sauce
For the rest
- Preheat the oven to 200 C / 400 F.
- Mix together the sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
- Grease a large sheet pan or flat-ish baking tray with about a tablespoon of olive oil and place the salmon fillets in the middle, leaving about an inch of space in between. Spread even amounts of the sauce over the top of each salmon fillet.
- Scatter the green vegetables around and in between the fillets, overlapping each other is fine. Drizzle the vegetables lightly with olive oil (about 2 tablespoons) and the juice of half of the remaining lemon. Sprinkle with a few pinches of sea salt and pepper.
- Place the tray in the oven for 15 minutes, rotating halfway if your oven is slightly uneven in temperature (like mine).
- Serve while hot with any additional vegetables, salads, or starchy carbs, if you needed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 403
- Sugar: 4.4 g
- Sodium: 458.2 mg
- Fat: 22.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.8 g
- Fiber: 5.5 g
- Protein: 41.7 g
- Cholesterol: 82.9 mg
Keywords: Salmon, Sheet Pan, Dinner, Asparagus, Sprouts, Healthy, Gluten-Free, Low-Carb, Keto
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