Shrimp Scampi

It's seafood time!

I love love this recipe because its simple, healthy, low calorie, and has seafood :). This is a great alternative to the traditional shrimp scampi that has TONS of butter and is over pasta which is high in carbs.

For this recipe, I used frozen shrimp from Target, which was peeled and deveined. If you can buy organic, I encourage everyone to. Besides the health reasons, I think organic just tasted better.

Ingredients

2 tbs. olive oil
2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tbs. parsley
1 clove garlic
1 cup vegetable broth
1/4 cup dry white wine
6-8 pieces of frozen shrimp
1/2 cup precooked rice


So start by heating up your frying pan with your olive oil on medium heat. Once it's nice and hot, throw in the garlic and parsley. Let the ingredients get hot so all the flavors can start to blend together. After about 3 minutes, lower the heat to low, place your shrimp in the pan and cover them with the wine.

How long you leave your shrimp in really depends on their size and how large they are. Mine took about 10 minutes. Flip or toss your shrimp 5 minutes in and add the lemon juice and half of the vegetable broth. Keep cooking until the shrimp look done (they should change from a grey to a pink).

Then put in your cooked rice and the rest of the broth. Mix it around with a plastic spatula or a wooden spoon until almost all of the liquid has evaporated. This last step gets a really good flavor in the rice.

So give this recipe a try. I want to hear what you think!