I took a lot of creative license with this. I did use all of the ingredients as listed (except for omitting the cayenne entirely), but changed the execution of the recipe. Most important, I did not cook the shrimp first! Shrimp cooks so quickly that I knew not only was this unnecessary, it might even be detrimental. I poured a mix of melted butter and lemon juice in the bottom of my pan. I mixed up the bread crumbs with enough olive oil to moisten them, and added the minced garlic, chopped parsley, and some salt and pepper. Coated the shrimp with this mixture, then baked it at 400 degrees for 12 minutes. Beautiful and excellent! I served this with Lemon Butter Herb Pasta and Garlic Vegetable Sauté, both recipes also from this site. Five stars with the above-mentioned changes.
Yummy! Made it for my husband's birthday! Comparable to Red Lobsters baked shrimp. I added shredded parmesan cheese to the bread crumbs. It was a little too spicy for me but my husband loved it! Will be making this again!
Absolutely loved it! I made it for my fiancé as a surprise and we both really enjoyed it. A nice Chardonnay compliments this dish very well too (just FYI).
I used the bake only recipe after reading the reviews.
Added 1/2 tea. Red pepper flakes instead of cayenne.
And did not par boil shrimp. Melted butter , wine and lemon I preheated oven at 400. Then added raw shrimp and rest of ingredients. Cooked 6 mins. Then stirred and cooked another 6 mins. Was so gooood!
Will keep this one for sure.
OMG... my husband is more of a meat/potatoes kind of guy but he DEVOURED this and couldn't stop telling me how great this was! Only thing I did differently was using panko bread crumbs instead of Italian, although I'm sure Italian would've been just fine! Served the shrimp (and scampi sauce) over plain ol' spaghetti, with steamed broccoli and garlic bread on the side. Fantastic meal! Can't wait to make it again. Thank you thank you!
This was excellent. The cayenne is definitely needed for that extra something. Took a cue from the other reviews that said it was too spicy and only put 1/4 tsp cayenne-perfect amount of zip. Added parmesan to the breadcrumbs.
We Loved this scampi. We will be making again. I only used 1/2 tsp of the cayenne. Tasted better than Olive Garden.
My family loved it! I did use 1/2 cup butter instead of 1 cup. I used slightly less cayenne pepper. I think it would have been fine to you use the amount of cayenne the recipe called for. We do like spicy. I used more garlic. We are a garlic loving family. I will definitely make this again!
This was to die for! I did what another lady did and i looked up that butter lemon herb pasta recipe to go with this and man, this whole thing was delish! My kids ate it standing up, before they sat down at the table. I thought what another lady wrote that now her boyfriend thinks she's a good cook, was so funny and quite true. Make it for someone you love and they will think you are a great cook! Oh yeah, i did cut down on the cayenne pepper as other people said it was too spicey. Also, I did not cook the shrimp beforehand, and just kept the dish in the oven for longer than what it called for. This time I used the exact amount of cayenne, for the kick. Do not skimp on the lemon juice.
This has way too much butter and cayenne for us and I even cut the cayenne in half. It was too spicy. Not impressed with this at all and will not make again.
