Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a simple dish, shrimp scampi with zucchini noodles. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have shrimp scampi with zucchini noodles using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles:
- Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Prepare 1 shallot, finely chopped
- Get 4 cloves garlic, minced (1 1/2 tablespoons)
- Get 1 pound large shrimp
- Get 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Take 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (if desired)
- Get 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Get 1/4 cup low-sodium chicken broth or white wine
- Make ready Zest of 1/2 lemon
- Take 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon (1 lemon)
- Make ready 2 medium zucchini squash
- Get 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
- Prepare 2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan
I have fond memories of going to our favorite local Italian restaurant as a kid and loving, like seriously loving, the shrimp scampi they served. Unfortunately for my parents, we basically refused to order from the kids menu. This One Pot Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles makes a tasty and healthy dinner. The shrimp are cooked in a buttery, lemon-garlic sauce and then combined with zoodles.
Instructions to make Shrimp Scampi with Zucchini Noodles:
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat.
- Add the shallot to the skillet and cook until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes.
- Add garlic to the skillet and cook 30 seconds.
- Add the shrimp, salt, red pepper flakes, and black pepper to the skillet. Sauté for 3 minutes, until the shrimp are beginning to cook but are still translucent.
- Add chicken broth, lemon zest, and lemon juice to the skillet. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute.
- Using a spirilator, make zucchini noodles and add them and about 3/4 of the parsley to the skillet. Be sure that everything in the skillet is coated with the garlic-lemon sauce. Heat until warmed through.(Avoid over cooking or the noodles will become mushy)
- Sprinkle with remaining parsley and Parmesan.
- Serve warm with the sauce in the skillet.
Enjoy classic shrimp scampi lightened up with a white wine-butter sauce and zucchini noodles in place of pasta. The tomatoes add some sweetness and color, while the cheese contributes nuttiness and richness. The zucchini version of shrimp scampi is so much lighter and fresher than the pasta version and I think that I may just like it even more than the Shrimp served in a lemony, garlicky and buttery sauce over a bed of light and fresh zucchini noodles, aka zoodles; a lighter take on shrimp scampi. Healthy spiralized zucchini, whole wheat linguine pasta, and garlicky shrimp scampi make a perfect weeknight dinner that's easy to twirl your fork to. For the past few years, zucchini noodles have been the darling of the food world and for many have become the introduction to spiralizing vegetables.
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