Shrimp Scampi of Doom
A nice homemade version of shrimp scampi.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds fresh shrimp; shelled and deveined without tails
- 1/2 cup of olive oil
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced or 8 tsp of dried.
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano, crushed or 1/2 tbsp of fresh minced
- 2 tbsp white or red wine
- 2 tbsp of brandy
- lime juice
- optional: shake and bake mix
- optional: 1 diced roma tomato or canned
- optional: sub shrimp with pressed tofu or tofu chicken tenders
- optional: 4 mushrooms chopped/diced
Method
- In a small bowl combine flour, salt pepper and cayenne. Mix. Dredge shrimp or tofu in mixture.
- In a large skillet saute dredged shrimp/tofu in olive oil for 5 minutes over high heat. Toss often to prevent burning. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a serving dish. Leave oil in pan.
- Saute garlic, shallot, parsley, oregano and optional mushrooms over medium heat for three mins. If using tomatoes add them to the pan after 1 min of cooking. Squirt with lime juice halfway through cooking. stir constantly.
- pre heat broiler to medium.
- pour wine and brandy into the skillet and ignite. when flames die down stir to loosen any browned bits. pour over shrimp mixture.
- toss mixture into the broiler for a few mins.
- serve over rice pilaf or angel hair pasta.
optional: you can shake and bake the shrimp instead of frying. Bake the shrimp in a glass dish @ 375 degrees for 23 mins.
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Jarvis Meier
Influences: My mom and my mouth
Location: North Battleford, SK
Favorite Piece of Cooking Equipment: BBQ
Favorite Recipes: Shrimp Scampi, Bananas Foster, BBQ Cajun Shrimp Pizza, Cedar Plank Grilled Veggies,
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