Recipe | Easy Shrimp Scampi

I made this one night last week, and it was delicious! A little side note, it doesn't reheat super great mainly because of the shrimp. If you can come up with a better way to reheat this dish, please let me know!

Gathering of (majority) of ingredients

Ingredients

•  8 oz linguine (I used thin spaghetti; it worked fine)
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined (and defrosted if you bought frozen)
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup white wine (can use chicken stock as substitute)
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tbsp parsley flakes
• garlic (to taste)
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• Parmesan cheese

Instructions

• Cook pasta according to package
• While pasta is cooking, melt butter in large skillet over medium high heat.
• Add shrimp, garlic (if desired) and red pepper flakes

Cooking up the shrimp with garlic & red pepper flakes

• Cook, stirring occasionally. Shrimp should begin to turn pink in about 2-3 minutes.
• Once shrimp is pink, stir in wine and lemon juice. If desired, add salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer.

Shrimp simmering in the sauce

• After simmering, remove from heat and mix with pasta.
• Garnish with parsley and Parmesan cheese.

Finished product

I told you it was easy! I even buy the frozen shrimp at Kroger, already peeled and deveined so all you have to do is defrost it. Couldn't be any easier.