Shrimp Zucchini Scampi with Carrots. Traditional shrimp scampi with a twist. Shrimp sautéed in a lemon butter white wine sauce with shredded zucchini and carrots.
Welcome to the third recipe in our Shrimp Scampi series of recipes. In this version, Shrimp Zucchini Scampi, I am adding shredded zucchini and carrots to change up this dish. This recipe is a subtle change, as the first version of this recipe calls for shrimp pan seared in the garlic butter sauce. However, a small change like this really does make a completely different dish and eating experience.
Look for more recipes to be coming out in this series, Shrimp Scampi.
NOTE
Before beginning the recipe remember to read the “Invent Your Recipe” section below for additional suggestions, recipe combinations, or ingredient alternatives.
How To Make Shrimp Zucchini Scampi
Preparing the Vegetables:
- In a large skillet or pot add in the butter and melt on high heat. Next, add in the garlic and sauté for 2 minutes, mixing occasionally.
- Next, add in the zucchini, carrots, salt, and ground black pepper and sauté for 2 minutes, mixing occasionally.
Bringing the Shrimp Zucchini Scampi Together:
- Continuing on high heat, add in the shrimp, white wine, and lemon juice and sauté for 2-3 minutes, mixing occasionally, or until the sauce reduces by half.
How To Serve Shrimp Zucchini Scampi:
- Serve this shrimp zucchini scampi over a bed of your favorite grain or pasta as a main entree.
Invent Your Recipe
For this shrimp zucchini scampi dish, I am using zucchini and carrots as my vegetable of choice. However, you can really use any vegetable you like. I recommend eggplant, yellow squash, green beans, asparagus, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower or Brussel Sprouts. If you can shred or chop the vegetable into small pieces, it can be used in this recipe as written.
Instead of shrimp, you could also use scallops, boneless chicken pieces, boneless pork pieces, or sliced skirt steak. If switching out to poultry, pork, or beef I would add a few minutes on to the cooking time to ensure the meat is cooked through.
If you do not want to use white wine in this dish you can use seafood broth, chicken broth, vegetable broth, or water instead. In lieu of broth, you could also add in more butter or add olive oil. But this would also increase the fat and calorie content of the dish. I would recommend a broth as an alternative.
For more ideas like this shrimp zucchini scampi dish, check out our seafood recipes.
The Recipe
Shrimp Zucchini Scampi
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 cloves garlic sliced
- 2 medium zucchinis shredded
- 2 medium carrots shredded
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 12 ounces large shrimp cleaned
- ¼ cup white wine
- Juice of ½ lemon
Instructions
Preparing the Vegetables:
- In a large skillet or pot add in the butter and melt on high heat. Next, add in the garlic and sauté for 2 minutes, mixing occasionally.
- Next, add in the zucchini, carrots, salt, and ground black pepper and sauté for 2 minutes, mixing occasionally.
Bringing the Shrimp Zucchini Scampi Together:
- Continuing on high heat, add in the shrimp, white wine, and lemon juice and sauté for 2-3 minutes, mixing occasionally, or until the sauce reduces by half.
How To Serve Shrimp Zucchini Scampi:
- Serve this shrimp zucchini scampi over a bed of your favorite grain or pasta as a main entree.
Invent Your Recipe
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