Shrimp & Tomato Basil Scampi

This shrimp scampi recipe is not only tasty but incredibly easy to make!  A quick recipe made with shrimp, butter, basil, oregano, lemon pepper, & stewed tomatoes.  I didn't use White Wine in this recipe but I explain where you can add it in easily.

 

 

What Do You Need?

• 1 pound of frozen shrimp (in the video I'm using 2lbs of shrimp)

• One 15oz can of pre-seasoned basil Stewed Tomatoes 
• 2 Tablespoons Basil 
• 2 Tablespoons Oregano
• 2 Tablespoons Lemon Pepper
• 2 Tablespoons of sugar
• 2-4 Tablespoons of Butter or Margarine

**Extra

• You can eat the Shrimp Scampi over pasta. You can choose any pasta you like, I am using a bow tie pasta in this video, but Angel Hair pasta is most popular.

Grab Your Stilettos and Let's Get Cooking!

Shrimp:

1. Thaw your frozen shrimp in a bowl of COLD water.  Using warm water will begin cooking your shrimp and you will have rubbery shrimp scampi...yuck! Thaw for 15 minutes.
2. Once the shrimp has thawed decide whether you want to take the shell off or cook it with the shell on (in this video I remove the shell because it's cleaner with my children, lol)
3. Melt 2 tbsps of butter in your skillet.  I don't use White Wine in my video but this is where you can add the white wine.
4. Once the butter has melted add your shrimp. Season your shrimp with basil, oregano, and lemon pepper (you can add lemon juice too)
5. Cook shrimp until pink.  This doesn't take long, so be careful not to overcook your shrimp.
6. At this point your Shrimp Scampi is done.  You can eat it like this or continue to with the tomato sauce.

Sauce:

1. Melt 2 tbsps of butter in your skillet
2. Add in your can of stewed tomatoes 
3. Season your tomatoes with sugar, basil, oregano, & lemon pepper
4. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes.  You are turning these tomatoes into a sauce so you may need to cut them a bit as they cook (as I do in the video).

Serve your Shrimp as is or add a little more substance to your meal and serve over pasta :-)