Shrimp Scampi

Every gathering my parents would have at their home with our family,,,,my Dad would always break out his electric frying pan and make a batch of Shrimp Scampi,,,,,Everyone always looked forward to it!,,,,He would melt butter add the shrimp and garlic, then the breadcrumbs, then a squeeze of fresh lemon,,,,They never made it to a platter, everyone would grab a toothpick and would eat them right out of the pan, and he always had the ingredients to make a second batch, the grandkids couldn't get enough of it!!,,,I have been wanting to make it for a while, so I came up with this version, I bake it not fry it and I use a small amount of butter along with chicken broth to try and make it a little healthier,,,I also served mine over Angel Hair pasta (linguine would be great also!),,,,Here is what I came up with,,,Enjoy!!

 

 

INGREDIENTS

 

1 pound shrimp (raw, peeled and deveined, with tail)

olive oil

salt pepper

 

3 T butter

3-4 cloves minced garlic

1 Cup chicken broth

1 t dry parsley

pinch crushed red pepper

 

1/3 Cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs

Pasta of your choice

Parmesan cheese

 

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 425

 

Add shrimp to a bowl, drizzle with olive oil add some salt and pepper and mix well

set aside while you make garlic sauce

 

In a saucepan add butter, melt on low then add minced garlic

cook for about a minute then add chicken broth

parsley and red pepper flakes stir then turn burner off

 

Next add  shrimp to a shallow baking dish, pour garlic sauce over them, then sprinkle

with the breadcrumbs

 

place in oven for 12 to 15 minutes until shrimp look done and pink

I turned each shrimp over half way through baking

then served over some Angel hair pasta

then topped with parmesan cheese