Pasta Seafood Scampi
From loxy 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This great dish is full of flavor with butter, garlic and white wine. Not to be confused with the drummer in the Ghoulies American punk rock band nor the scampi characters from Fingerbobs (a British children's TV show made by the BBC in 1972. Read more ) Found this yummy pasta dish in Women's World magazine a while back. Enjoy! See less
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lbs large shrimp shopping list
- 12 oz linquine pasta shopping list
- 3 slices bacon, chopped shopping list
- 1 lb. sea scallops (larger are more succulent) shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced shopping list
- 1/2 cup white wine or lower-sodium chicken broth shopping list
- 1 btl (8 oz) clam juice shopping list
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes, optional shopping list
- 2 tsp grated lemon zest shopping list
- 3 Tbls lemon juice shopping list
- 2 Tbls. butter shopping list
- 1 pkg (6 oz) baby spinach shopping list
How to make it
- Cut through the shell at the back of each shrimp with scissors.
- Gently peel away shell and loosen the dark vein from the center; pull out with fingers.
- Gently pull off tail.
- Cook pasta according to the package directions; drain.
- Meanwhile, in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, cook bacon, stirring occasionally, until crisp, (6-8 min).
- Transfer bacon to paper towels; reserve 1 Tbls bacon fat.
- Heat remaining bacon fat in same pan over med-high heat.
- Add scallops; cook, turning once, until opaque and browned, about (5min) per side; remove.
- Add shrimp; cook, turning once, until opaque and browned, (2-3 min) per side; remove.
- Add reserved 1 Tbls bacon fat to same pan; heat over med-high heat.
- Add garlic; cook, stirring unti gragrant, (1-2 min).
- Stire in wine, clam juice and red pepper flakes.
- Brink to boil.
- Cook unti lreduced by half, (5min).
- Stir in lemon zest, juice and butter; heat until butter just melts.
- Stir in spinach; cook until slightly wilted, 1 minute.
- Stir in pasta, scallops and shrimp; heat through.
- Serve sprinkled with bacon.
The Rating
Reviewed by 3 people-
Sounds wonderful and delicious, Loxy. I love seafood....thanks so much! :) Vickie
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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Mmmmmm, this would work great with a glass of wine, serving it to your sweetheart under the full moon!
elgab89
in Toronto loved it
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That's a 5. I love the spinach and bacon!
mrgresch
in Milwaukee loved it
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