Weeknight Shrimp Piccata – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Strive a enjoyable seafood twist on basic rooster piccata with this Shrimp Piccata. It’s a shiny, savory dish stuffed with zesty flavors in a buttery lemon wine sauce!

Oh, my associates. I’ve a brand new recipe for you and it’s a strong gold keeper. Straight out of Holly Nilsson’s implausible cookbook, Everyday Comfort, this Weeknight Shrimp Piccata referred to as my identify as quickly as I laid eyes on the recipe.

It’s uncommon for a recipe to leap the road nowadays. I usually plan out what I’ll be sharing with you weeks and even months upfront, however now and again there’s a scrumptious cause why one thing will get pushed ahead. This shrimp piccata turned out to be a line-skipping 5-star favourite for my entire household.

Hen piccata is a long-time favourite of Sean’s. He orders it nearly each time we’re at an Italian restaurant and I make a number of completely different variations of it. This rooster piccata recipe has been in our dinner rotation for over ten years now. It’s a bit of completely different from extra conventional piccata recipes and we find it irresistible.

I strongly suspect that just about each dish in Holly’s cookbook goes to be a success. These are simple and approachable recipes and I don’t know once I’ve seen a ebook the place so many meals made my mouth water!

Actually every recipe here appears like one thing my household goes to LOVE. We’re going to make the Pot Roast with Gravy subsequent and I’ve the Greek Hen Wraps on my meal plan too.

Shrimp Piccata Pasta

Primarily based on our household’s fondness for rooster piccata, it was a simple guess that shrimp piccata could be a success as effectively. This can be a shiny, savory dish crammed with zesty flavors from the lemon and capers. The sauce right here is the whole lot your pasta needs in a buttery, lemony wine sauce.

And for those who don’t occur to maintain wine available, piccata shrimp can also be nice when made with rooster broth or inventory alone.

Shrimp Piccata

You’ll want the next substances to make this recipe:

• olive oil
• giant shrimp
• all-purpose flour
• lemon pepper seasoning
• white wine
• garlic
• rooster broth
• lemon juice
• purple pepper flakes (non-compulsory)
• butter
• capers
• kosher salt
• freshly floor pepper
• recent Italian parsley

Rinse the shrimp and pat dry with a paper towel. Place the shrimp in a medium-sized bowl and sprinkle with flour and lemon pepper seasoning. Toss to coat.

Warmth 1 tablespoon of oil in a big skillet over medium-high warmth. Add half the shrimp to the skillet and toss to coat with oil.

Cook dinner, whereas stirring consistently, for about 2 minutes, till the shrimp is pink and nearly cooked by way of. Switch the cooked shrimp to a bowl and repeat the cooking course of with the remaining shrimp. Put aside.

Add the wine and the garlic to the skillet and simmer for about 1 minute, scraping up the browned bits because it heats.

Add the rooster inventory, lemon juice, and purple pepper flakes if desired, to the pan and proceed simmering and whisking for five minutes, or till the liquid is diminished by about half.

Cut back the warmth to medium-low and add the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking consistently. Add the capers and simmer 2 extra minutes, or till the liquid has thickened barely.

Stir within the shrimp with juices. Style and add salt and pepper, solely as wanted, to style. Sprinkle with parsley and serve over pasta, if desired.

Should you don’t occur to be craving pasta, strive the shrimp piccata with some herb mashed potatoes. For a simple aspect dish, Buttery Garlic Steamed Broccoli and Baked Parmesan Asparagus are glorious choices with this meal.

Should you like shrimp as a lot as we do, you’ll need to add this Simple Shrimp Ramen, this Creamy Shrimp Bisque, and the best doable Chili Lime Shrimp to your must-try checklist too.