Greek Scampi Recipes

Steps:

• Place a large pot of water on the stove to boil. Salt water and cook pasta to al dente.
• Season the shrimp with salt and pepper.
• While the pasta water comes to a boil, heat extra-virgin olive oil in a deep skillet with garlic. When garlic is brown, remove and reserve. Add shrimp and cook 3 to 4 minutes. Add red pepper flakes, lemon zest, oregano, olives, and wine and cook together a couple of minutes more. Remove from heat. Add a ladle of starchy pasta cooking water to sauce and some lemon juice. Remove the sauce from the heat. Drain pasta and add to the skillet. Let pasta soak in juices for a minute then toss with parsley and feta. Use tongs to pull pasta from skillet, giving it a turn to twist in as many ingredients as possible. Then, use the tongs to remove and arrange the shrimp and ingredients that may remain in the pan, distributing them evenly among the portions.

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, chopped parsley, tomatoes, and wine. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, and cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has slightly thickened.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• Stir the shrimp into the tomato sauce, and cook for 2 minutes; remove from the heat. Pour the shrimp mixture into a shallow baking dish, and sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese. Bake in the preheated oven until the feta has softened and the shrimp are no longer translucent, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Squeeze the lemon halves over the shrimp and garnish with the parsley sprigs to serve.

Steps:

• Shell and devein shrimp, if necessary, rinse them and set aside.
• Prepare ingredients - Have all the ingredients prepared and at hand before beginning to sauté.
• Sauté the garlic in the oil briefly, and then add the shrimp. Cook on medium heat for a minute.
• Add tomatoes, feta, lemon juice, and dill.
• Stir so the shrimp cook on both sides.
• When the shrimp are pink and the tomatoes and feta have made a sauce, it's ready. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and serve at once.

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
• Drain and keep warm.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add green bell pepper to pan; sauté 1 minute.
• Add garlic and tomatoes; cook 1 minute.
• Add black pepper and shrimp; cover and cook 3 minutes or until shrimp are done.
• Stir in red pepper; remove from heat.
• Place 1 cup pasta on each of 4 plates.
• Top each serving with 1 cup shrimp mixture and 1 1/2 tablespoons cheese.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Heat oil in a large dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add garlic; saute' 30 seconds.
• Add tomatoes and 1/4 cup parsley.
• Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes.
• Add shrimp; cook 5 minutes.
• Pour into a 13X9 baking dish; sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with 1/4 cup parsley, lemon juice and pepper.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• To make scampi sauce: In sauce over low flame melt butter, adding oil, salt, pepper, rosemary, oregeno, paprika, bay leaves, garlic and sherry.
• Place cleaned shrimp in large baking dish. Cover shrimp with feta cheese and top with breadcrumbs.
• Pour scampi sauce over shrimp and bake until shrimp are tender,.
• approximately 25 minutes. Serve over rice or angel hair pasta.

Steps:

• In a large skillet or deep fast fry pan, melt butter; be careful it does not burn.
• Saute the garlic; when golden in color, remove from heat and set aside for later use.
• Add onions, saute until just softened; remove from heat and set aside for later use.
• Add plum tomatoes with their juice; lemon juice, white wine; bring to a boil.
• Add onion and garlic which you had set aside.
• Add roasted red bell peppers.
• Turn down heat and allow liquid to reduce.
• Add fresh herbs (parsley, oregano, basil).
• Add shrimp and steam until pink.
• Add capers and olives; allowing them to warm through.
• Turn out onto a warm platter or serving bowl -- garnish with lemon wedges, and serve while hot.
• Serves 4 - 6 comfortably; cook time - approximately 45 minutes, including peeling and chopping.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in an ovenproof skillet pan over medium-high heat.
• Add shrimp and garlic and sauti until shrimp start to turn pink.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Transfer skillet to oven and cook until shrimp are fully cooked, about 10 minutes.

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan, or a casserole dish.
• Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add in the garlic, onion and chili flakes; saute for 1-2 minutes.
• Add in the chopped tomatoes, red wine, 2-3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese (if using) and 1/4 cup parsley; mix and reduce heat, simmer for about 20 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Add in the shrimp; cook for 10 minutes.
• Transfer the mixture into a prepared baking dish; sprinkle with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (the added Parmesan cheese for the topping is optional, you may just use the feta for the topping) and then with the 1-1/2 cups (or to taste) of feta cheese.
• Bake for about 20 minutes.
• Remove from oven, sprinkle with remaining parsley, 2 Tbsp lemon juice and black pepper.