Shrimp Scampi

When I was a kid, Shrimp Scampi was one of my favourite dinners. When I was a teenager, my mom taught me how to make it, and it was only this year that I realized I could make it without the recipe (that's the best part about cooking, right?). Scampi is basically a butter and white wine sauce. In the words of one of my favourite celebrity chefs, how bad could that be?

Ingredients: *all measurements are approximate

1 pkg uncooked shrimp (fresh or frozen)

1/2 cup white wine (choose one you would drink)

2 shallots (finely diced)

2 large or 3 medium cloves of garlic (finely diced)

1/4 cup butter

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 a lemon (just the juice)

A handful of flat-leaf parsley (chopped)

Method:

Dice shallots and garlic

Defrost (if frozen) and peel shrimp

Melt butter and olive oil in a large pan

Add in the shallots and garlic, and cook for 2 or 3 minutes (let the shallots soften)

Add in the shrimp and cook until just pink

Squeeze in the juice from the lemon

Pour in the wine

Simmer while the sauce reduces just a bit

Add in the chopped parsley

Serve over rice (with a glass of the wine, of course)

So easy and so yummy. Bon apetit!

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