Shrimp Scampi from 'Every Day Easy Air Fryer'
"SHRIMP SCAMPI is excerpted from EVERY DAY EASY AIR FRYER © 2018 by Urvashi Pitre. Photography © 2018 by Ghazalle Badiozamani. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. — This was the first dish I made in the air fryer that required using a pan to cook something in the basket. Once I tried this, I was hooked and other ideas for air fryer recipes started to come to me. What I like about this is that it’s one dish, no splatters to clean up, fairly hands-free, and fast. Many of my readers have told me this is the best shrimp scampi they’ve ever had."
%2520Ghazalle%2520Badiozamani.jpg)
%2520Ghazalle%2520Badiozamani.jpg)
photo by Food.com
- Ready In:
- 16mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons salted butter or 4 tablespoons ghee
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined (21 to 25 count)
- 2 tablespoons chicken broth or 2 tablespoons dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, plus more for sprinkling or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives or 1 teaspoon dried chives
directions
- 1. Place a 7-inch round baking pan in the air-fryer basket. Set the air fryer to 325°F for 8 minutes (this will preheat the pan so the butter will melt faster).
- 2. Carefully remove the pan from the fryer and add the butter, lemon juice, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Place the pan back in the fryer.
- 3. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring once, until the butter has melted. (Do not skip this step; this is what infuses the butter with garlic flavor, which is what makes it all taste so good.).
- 4. Carefully remove the pan from the fryer and add the shrimp, broth, basil, and chives. Stir gently until the ingredients are well combined.
- 5. Return the pan to the air fryer and cook for 5 minutes, stirring once.
- 6. Thoroughly stir the shrimp mixture and let it rest for 1 minute on a wire rack. (This is so the shrimp cooks in the residual heat rather than getting overcooked and rubbery.).
- 7. Stir once more, sprinkle with additional chopped fresh basil, and serve.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
-
I made quite a few revisions because I wanted enough sauce for a pound of linguini. To the butter sauce I added 2 tbsp. of olive oil, 1/2 tsp. onion powder, juice of one lemon, and only a pinch of red pepper flakes. To the shrimp mixture I used 1/2 cup of dry white wine and a pinch of kosher salt and ground black pepper. I did reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta cooking water, just in case I didn't have enough sauce, but that proved to be unnecessary. I did add 3 tbs of butter to the pasta with a tsp of garlic salt and 1/3 cup of Romano cheese. And, I added an extra minute of cook time to the shrimp, to accommodate the extra sauce. The end result was perfectly cooked, tender shrimp and a delicious sauce. The 325 deg. cook temp was spot on! This is my new favorite shrimp scampi recipe. Quick, easy, and did not mess up, or heat up, my kitchen.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Food.com
United States
Hungry for good food AND great conversation? Food.com boasts a smorgasbord of over 500,000 recipes and a community-inspired activity feed that allows our users to add reviews, tweaks, questions and photos to their favorite recipes. Grab a plate and join the fun!
