This zesty shrimp scampi is delicious and spicy.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package linguine pasta
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup pineapple juice
- ½ cup no-pulp orange juice
- 5 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 5 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 pound medium shrimp – peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Stir in the linguine, and return to a boil. Cook until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes.
- While pasta is cooking, combine the olive oil, pineapple juice, orange juice, orange zest, lemon zest, salt, pepper, and garlic in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth.
- Pour sauce into a large skillet over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and cook for 2 minutes. Add the shrimp and parsley; cook until shrimp are pink and cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Drain the linguini, and place on a serving platter. Spoon the shrimp and sauce over the pasta, and top with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.
- Cooks Note
- For an impressive presentation, top pasta with sliced pineapple rings before spooning on shrimp and sauce.
- Lemon juice can be used in place of pineapple juice, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 520 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 61 g |
| Cholesterol | 117 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 552 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
The zest came through very strongly, all you could taste was orange and lemon zest.
very good and tasty scampi. note that the recipe is a bit sweet, and the amount of garlic could be lessen.
It has too much orange taste, that its bitter!
I loved it, I just made it because it sounded weired, To my surprise , it turned out great.
Too much pepper! The pepper over powers the flavors of the whole dish! I have now learned an important lesson, salt & pepper to taste! …Never to what a recipe states!! I think otherwise this would be a fantastic recipe! I think it would go great with rice and maybe add some broccoli!
Excellent. Try using “Little Bowtie” Farfalle, pasta; it holds the zest and sauce very well.
This was an ok recipe, the flavors were interesting but they just didn’t really appeal to me.
This was so good!! I doubled the recipe and it came out great! I added pineapple chunks to the top of the pasta as well before pouring the sauce and shrimp on top. It was surprisingly light and I was so happy that everyone enjoyed it. I will definitely be making it again soon!
I made this for dinner tonight and was not the least bit impressed. Neither my boyfriend or I could finish even half our plates. I think it called for way too much orange and lemon zest. If I try this again I will only used 1 tsp of each and add lemon juice as well.
Fantastic!! I used whole wheat linguini instead of regular. Also added a little lime juice with the orange juice..
Delicious! No need to change anything. Top with a little crushed red pepper and parmesan and take it down!
I made this receipe for my husband tonight he loved it. OMG the flavor was so good. I did not change anything and turned out perfect. Thank you this a winner!