Comfort food recipe (Scampi)

[hazliya]

Haz's Scampi


Ingredients:
1 lb uncooked shrimp
2 lb pasta
~1/4 c flour
1-3 tbsp minced garlic
White cooking wine (I prefer sweet rice wine, usually Aji-Mirin)
2 tbsp oil
2-4 tbsp butter
(Garlic) salt
Red pepper
Basil

1. Cook pasta accordingly. I prefer long pasta, like spaghetti and linguine, but things like rotini and ziti do just as well.

2. While pasta is draining, heat oil and melt half the butter in the pot you used. Add in seasonings, garlic, and half the wine over low heat.

3. Prepare the shrimp. Defrost, peel, de-tail, de-vein, whatever you need to do. Don't toss them into the pot frozen - that's dumb.

4. Flour the shrimp. The easy way to do this is to put the flour in a tupperware container, toss in the shrimp, and shake.

5. Lay the shrimp out on one side, letting them cook a while. When the bottom turns flamingo-pink, flip them.

They'll usually go real fast from this:

to this (after flipping):


6. After flipping them, add in the rest of the butter and wine, letting it simmer for a while. I like to add a lot of butter and wine, since the wine I use makes it sweeter. This is a good time to up the seasonings to your taste. =)

7. Add in the pasta and mix well before serving. Make sure all the pasta is coated.

And I like to serve it with garlic focaccia:



I made it last night, and we'll probably have it tonight for dinner, too. It reheats so well.

Mm, scampi.

-Haz