Weeknight Shrimp Piccata – Barefeet within the Kitchen

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

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

It’s uncommon for a recipe to leap the road lately. I sometimes plan out what I’ll be sharing with you weeks and even months upfront, however every now and then 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.

Rooster piccata is a long-time favourite of Sean’s. He orders it nearly each time we’re at an Italian restaurant and I make just a few totally different variations of it. This chicken piccata recipe has been in our dinner rotation for over ten years now. It’s somewhat totally 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 successful. These are straightforward and approachable recipes and I don’t know after I’ve seen a e book the place so many meals made my mouth water!

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

Shrimp Piccata Pasta

Primarily based on our household’s fondness for hen piccata, it was a simple guess that shrimp piccata could be successful 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 desires in a buttery, lemony wine sauce.

And in case you don’t occur to maintain wine readily available, piccata shrimp can be nice when made with hen broth or inventory alone.

Shrimp Piccata

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

• olive oil
• massive shrimp
• all-purpose flour
• lemon pepper seasoning
• white wine
• garlic
• hen broth
• lemon juice
• crimson pepper flakes (optionally available)
• butter
• capers
• kosher salt
• freshly floor pepper
• contemporary 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 always, 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 hen inventory, lemon juice, and crimson pepper flakes if desired, to the pan and proceed simmering and whisking for five minutes, or till the liquid is lowered by about half.

Scale back the warmth to medium-low and add the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking always. 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.

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

When you like shrimp as a lot as we do, you’ll wish to add this Easy Shrimp Ramen, this Creamy Shrimp Bisque, and the best attainable Chili Lime Shrimp to your must-try checklist too.