The real way of cooking shrimp scampi. And it's the right way to make it.
Ingredients-
4 oz uncooked linguine
12 large deveined peeled shrimp
2-4 garlic cloves
3 slices red onion
2 pinches sea salt
2 pinches black pepper
2 1/2 tbsp salted butter
2-4 pinches crushed red pepper flakes (divided)
2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp chopped parsley
4 cherry tomatoes chopped in half
2 1/2 tbsp olive oil
Directions-
1. In a small bowl, season your shrimp with sea salt crushed red pepper & black pepper mix it well so they are coated well.
2. Fill a medium saucepan with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the linguine to the boiling water & reduce the heat slightly to maintain a simmer. Cook until pasta is tender, 5-7 minutes. Drain in a colander and transfer pasta to a bowl.
3. On a medium sized skillet heat add 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil & 2 1/2 tbsp of salted butter on medium heat. After butter melts add the chopped garlic cloves & red pepper flakes & stir it occasionally for 30 seconds.
4. Now add the 2 slices of red onions, separate them & chop them in the skillet then add your sliced cherry tomatoes & cook them until both are soften.
5. After they’re both soften put them aside next add the shrimp in the same skillet add pinch red pepper flakes & cook them until pink & lightly browned. Lower the heat to medium low heat then bring back the cooked onions & tomatoes into the skillet, now add your cooked pasta onto the skillet then add parsley & Parmesan cheese. Now serve
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