Shrimp Scampi Pasta

• servings: 2 servings
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 servings pasta

half a bag of raw shrimp (peeled and deveined)

1/4 cup olive oil

3 ½ tbsp butter

3/4 tbsp chili flakes

1 tsp salt

8 cloves garlic (sliced)

1 ½ tsp sugar

2 tbsp lemon juice

1/3 cup grated parmesan

1/4 cup parlsey (finely minced)

lemon zest

white wine

shallot

Directions

Boil the pasta per instructions and reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water.

In a pan over medium heat, melt 1/2 tbsp of butter with 1/2 tbsp of oil. Once it's hot enough add shrimp. Season with salt and pepper and let it cook for 1-2 minutes before flipping it over. Let it cook for another 1-2minutes. Remove from the pan.

Turn heat down to medium low and add sliced garlic, shallot and chili flakes.

Deglaze with white wine. Add pasta water if needed. add in cold butter and emulsefy.

add salt, sugar, parmesan, lemon juice, lemon zest and parsley.

add the pasta and stir until well combined. Add shrimp and stir then turn off the heat

Add more parsley, parmesan and chili flakes on top when serving. Enjoy!