Weeknight Shrimp Piccata – Barefeet within the Kitchen

Strive a enjoyable seafood twist on traditional hen piccata with this Shrimp Piccata. It’s a vibrant, 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 stable gold keeper. Straight out of Holly Nilsson’s improbable 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 today. I usually plan out what I’ll be sharing with you weeks and even months prematurely, however sometimes there’s a scrumptious purpose 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 a couple of completely different variations of it. This chicken piccata recipe has been in our dinner rotation for over ten years now. It’s a bit completely different from extra conventional piccata recipes and we like it.

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

Actually every recipe here seems to be 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

Based mostly on our household’s fondness for hen piccata, it was a simple guess that shrimp piccata can be successful as effectively. This can be a vibrant, savory dish full of zesty flavors from the lemon and capers. The sauce right here is all the pieces your pasta desires in a buttery, lemony wine sauce.

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

Shrimp Piccata

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

• olive oil
• giant 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.

Prepare dinner, whereas stirring continuously, for about 2 minutes, till the shrimp is pink and nearly cooked by. 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 diminished by about half.

Scale back the warmth to medium-low and add the butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking continuously. 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 wonderful choices with this meal.

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