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Old Bay Spicy Shrimp Scampi
"This recipe originally came from McCormick. The dried herb McCormick's version is pratically perfect but recently, I tried substituting fresh herbs for the dried version and it was amazing. My children don't like shrimp, but they love the pasta tossed in the sauce from this dish. I've substituted chicken for the shrimp also which they love."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay Seasoning
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon chili powder
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1⁄2 lb angel hair pasta, cooked
directions
- Combine Old Bay seasoning with spices, olive oil, and lemon juice.
- Add shrimp; turn to coat throughly. Refrigerate 15 minutes.
- Heat large non-stick skillet over medium heat.
- Cook and stir shrimp mixture 3-5 minutes or until shrimp turn pink and curl up.
- Serve over pasta.
Questions & Replies
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You do realize you’re pretty much just doing a double dose of Old Bay with this right? There’s too much salt in this, you’re much better off making the scampi on the Ild Bay website! -
Has anyone tried this with zucchini 'pasta'? If so, did you season it any differently?
Reviews
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Most scampi recipes are so heavy in butter sauces and so I liked that this was a in a lighter sauce. The lemon and old bay flavors were perfect together. -
This is one of my favorite dishes I've found on here. My boyfriend first made it for me using frozen jumbo shrimp that we bought from Costco. They were very juicy and perfect with this sauce. I made it another time using frozen smaller shrimp; good but nowhere as good as using the jumbo ones. I've also tried doubling the sauce, but thought it was too much. The shrimp have a lot of flavor so I think if the pasta is a bit plainer they go quite well together. -
very good! I used chipotle powder and served it over jasmani rice. -
Easy and super flavorful. I'd like to figure out a way to make more sauce. Thanks for sharing--- -
This sounds so much easier than what I have been doing. I'm certainly going to try this.
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Tweaks
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I took some of the suggestions from others and doubled the sauce, cut back a pinch on the Old Bay and garlic, and added butter at the very end. I didn't have lemon juice, so I used white wine instead. Delicious. Will make again.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
KellyC
Covington, KY
