Recipe: Perfect Baked Shrimp Scamp

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Baked Shrimp Scamp. Peel, devein, and butterfly the shrimp, leaving the tails on. Tender shrimp are tossed with butter, garlic, and lemon juice and baked with Italian-seasoned bread crumbs in this rich and flavorful dish. Shrimp scampi is a classic dish and this baked version makes it even easier.

Oven Baked Shrimp Scampi topped with flavourful golden, buttery, garlic parmesan breadcrumbs.

Serve as an appetizer OR a light meal with salad, garlic bread or pasta.

Perfectly crunchy, delicious and buttery…you won't be able to stop!

You can have Baked Shrimp Scamp using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baked Shrimp Scamp

1. Prepare 1 kg (2 pounds) of shrimp, peeled, deveined and tails on or off.

2. Prepare 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

3. It’s 2 tablespoons of white wine (optional — sub with extra lemon juice or chicken stock.

4. You need 1 of brown shallot, minced.

5. It’s 1/3 cup of melted butter, divided.

6. It’s to taste of Salt and pepper,.

7. It’s 1/3 cup of Panko breadcrumbs.

8. You need 4 cloves of garlic, minced.

9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese.

10. You need 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes or more, to taste.

11. It’s 1/4 cup of fresh chopped parsley leaves.

12. You need of Lemon wedges to serve.

Shrimps swimming in garlicky, buttery sauce topped with Parmesan cheese with a hint of spiciness.

Shrimp scampi casserole with no bread crumbs is going to be your favorite low carb easy weeknight dinner.

Baked Shrimp Scampi - This is the easiest yet fanciest dish of all - tender shrimp baked with buttery breadcrumbs, garlic and lemon juice.

An easy version of Ina Garten's Baked Shrimp Scampi with bread crumbs.

Baked Shrimp Scamp instructions

1. Heat oven to 220°C | 425º F. In a well-seasoned oven-proof skillet or baking dish, combine the shrimp, lemon juice, white wine, shallots, 2 tablespoons of melted butter, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Mix well until the shrimp are evenly coated.

2. OPTIONAL: Starting from the outer edge of your skillet or dish, arrange the shrimp in a single layer towards the centre of the pan. Set aside..

3. In a small bowl, combine the remaining melted butter, bread crumbs, garlic, parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes and 2 tablespoons of the chopped parsley; mix well..

4. Sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over the shrimp and bake for 12 minutes, or until hot and bubbling, and the shrimp are ‘just’ cooked through. Change oven settings to broil or grill for a further minute or so, until the top is crispy and golden..

5. Garnish with remaining parsley, squeeze over a drizzle of lemon juice and serve with lemon wedges..

Perfect for entertaining and quick enough for weeknight dinners.

Juicy shrimp layered in a casserole dish, topped with buttery garlic bread crumbs, then baked until golden and crispy.

Enjoy it on its own or serve it over fettuccini for a delicious meal that will make you feel like you are in a restaurant!

Add the shrimp, lemon juice, pepper and oregano; cook and stir until shrimp turn pink.

Sprinkle with cheese, bread crumbs and parsley.