Thursday, April 22, 2010

Shrimp Scampi

It IS possible to have a delicious home-cooked meal in 15 minutes...who knew! This was yummy, although the kids didn't seem to like it, the phrase "looks like throw-up" was used more than once at the dinner table tonight. However, with how fast and easy it was, I think I'll make it again. Yeah, cuz I'm a mean mom. :)


First of all, I changed the recipe quite a bit, I totally took the easy road on all the ingredients.

3 packages of ramen noodles, without the flavoring (or you can use an 8 ounce package angel hair pasta to do it the "right" way)
1/2 cup butter
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 1/2 pounds shrimp, peeled and deveined (I used pre-cooked, and just defrosted it first)
1/3 cup white wine (I subsituted canned chicken broth)
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs (I used italian seasoned bread crumbs)
3 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan cheese



Cook pasta (or ramen noodles) according to package directions, except don't add the seasonings.

In a large saucepan, melt butter, saute garlic until tender, remove garlic and discard. (I left the garlic in) Add shrimp and cook until colored pink (or, if it's precooked, just cook until defroasted). Stir in white wine (or chicken broth). The bread crumbs are used as thickening, so stir in a little at a time until desired thickness is reached.


Serve shrimp over pasta, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

I also cooked a package of steam fresh brocolli in the microwave and tossed it into the mix.

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