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Baked Shrimp Scampi

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 32 minutes

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Ingredients

• 2 lbs (12 to 15 per pound) shrimp in the shell
• 3 tbsp good olive oil
• 2 tbsp dry white wine
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 4 tsp minced garlic (4 cloves)
• ¼ cup minced shallots
• 3 tbsp minced fresh parsley leaves
• 1 tsp minced fresh rosemary leaves
• ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 large egg yolk
• ⅔ cup panko (Japanese dried bread flakes)
• Lemon wedges, for serving

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425° F.
2. Peel, devein, and butterfly the shrimp, leaving the tails on. Place the shrimp in a mixing bowl and toss gently with the olive oil, wine, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper. Allow to sit at room temperature while you make the butter and garlic mixture.
3. In a small bowl, mash the softened butter with the garlic, shallots, parsley, rosemary, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, lemon juice, egg yolk, panko, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper until combined.
4. Starting from the outer edge of a 14-inch (2-quart) oval gratin dish, arrange the shrimp in a single layer cut side down with the tails curling up and towards the center of the dish. Pour the remaining marinade over the shrimp. Spread the butter mixture evenly over the shrimp.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until hot and bubbly. If you like the top browned, place under a broiler for 1 minute. Serve with lemon wedges.

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I wish I had a better reason about why I haven’t made this recipe yet…but alas, I have no reason at all.   Back to Basics has been out for well over a year now but I continued to flip passed Baked Shrimp Scampi every time I came to it and now I’m mad at myself for passing it over for so long.  I’ve wasted a year plus worth of time that we could have been eating this shrimp…a year plus of my life without any shrimp scampi, actually.

Regardless of my regrets, I couldn’t have been happier with the results of this recipe.  And Jill of Insanely Good Food (my friend from junior high and high school!) couldn’t have timed her pick for Barefoot Bloggers any better since it coincided with my parents’ visit this past weekend.  However, since my parents have been making a fantastic shrimp scampi recipe for years (one that I never figured out how to make), I was a little nervous about introducing this one but it seriously was a huge success.  The recipe came together so quickly after just a little bit of chopping and peeling of the shrimp and I prepped the dish while some afternoon snoozes were going on so I would be able to sit down and have some hors d’oeurves instead of cooking while everyone snacks and chats without me.  Since it bakes up in only 10 minutes, you can time it perfectly with a big pot of boiling water for some linguine that you must serve the shrimp over since you can’t pass up the sauce that pools at the bottom of the baking dish.  With this dish, you’ll thank Ina for the sauce and crumbly panko topping alone…the shrimp is a bonus here!

Aside from this being one of the easier dishes I’ve made in a long time, it was also one of the most cost effective.  Shrimp, unlike lobster, is available at a reasonable price all year long.  I found a 1lb bag of frozen deveined shrimp (26-30 shrimp per pound) at Whole Foods for $9.99 – not bad at all considering it was deveined which in my opinion, is the worst part about preparing shrimp.  And since I had all of the other ingredients on hand already, this recipe cost me $10 out of pocket to yield 5-6 servings. How can you beat that??

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Baked Shrimp Scampi

Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 32 minutes

Print

Ingredients

• 2 lbs (12 to 15 per pound) shrimp in the shell
• 3 tbsp good olive oil
• 2 tbsp dry white wine
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 12 tbsp (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 4 tsp minced garlic (4 cloves)
• ¼ cup minced shallots
• 3 tbsp minced fresh parsley leaves
• 1 tsp minced fresh rosemary leaves
• ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 large egg yolk
• ⅔ cup panko (Japanese dried bread flakes)
• Lemon wedges, for serving

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 425° F.
2. Peel, devein, and butterfly the shrimp, leaving the tails on. Place the shrimp in a mixing bowl and toss gently with the olive oil, wine, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper. Allow to sit at room temperature while you make the butter and garlic mixture.
3. In a small bowl, mash the softened butter with the garlic, shallots, parsley, rosemary, red pepper flakes, lemon zest, lemon juice, egg yolk, panko, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper until combined.
4. Starting from the outer edge of a 14-inch (2-quart) oval gratin dish, arrange the shrimp in a single layer cut side down with the tails curling up and towards the center of the dish. Pour the remaining marinade over the shrimp. Spread the butter mixture evenly over the shrimp.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until hot and bubbly. If you like the top browned, place under a broiler for 1 minute. Serve with lemon wedges.

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