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Shrimp scampi

Name: Shrimp scampi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined; 4 tbsp butter; 1 tbsp olive oil; 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 1/2 cup white wine; juice of 1/2 lemon; a pinch red pepper flakes; a handful fresh parsley, chopped; 3/4 tsp salt; 300 g dry linguine pasta, cooked al dente

Shrimp in garlic butter with lemon and a white-wine splash, over pasta — the restaurant dish that takes fifteen minutes at home and searches in the millions.

Time: 22 min (10 prep + 12 cook)
Servings: 4
Per serving: 518 kcal
Protein: 28 g

Both directions are legitimate — the score measures fullness per calorie, not virtue. Every version is the same dish, rebalanced.

Ingredients

1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined450 g
4 tbsp butter55 g
1 tbsp olive oil15 g
5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced20 g
1/2 cup white wine120 g
juice of 1/2 lemon30 g
a pinch red pepper flakes1 g
a handful fresh parsley, chopped10 g
3/4 tsp salt4 g
300 g dry linguine pasta, cooked al dente708 g

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Steps

Warm the oil, half the butter and the garlic together over medium — starting the garlic in cold fat toasts it evenly instead of scorching it.
When the garlic is pale gold, add the shrimp, salt and pepper flakes. Cook about 1 minute a side, until just pink, and remove.
Pour in the wine, boil 2 minutes to burn off the alcohol and reduce, then swirl in the rest of the butter and the lemon.
Return the shrimp, toss with the pasta, a splash of pasta water and the parsley. Serve immediately — scampi doesn't wait.

Can I skip the wine?

Yes — swap it for chicken broth with an extra squeeze of lemon. The alcohol itself mostly cooks off either way; the wine is there for acidity and fragrance, and broth-plus-lemon covers most of that ground.

Why this score

moderately filling

No single route carries this one — a moderate amount of protein, volume and fiber.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

23% of kcal

68% water

7 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

How scores work

Computed on the finished dish, not an average of the parts: 2073 kcal goes into the pot, 1413 g of ingredients comes out as ~1308 g of food → 158 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water, and energy density is the score's biggest lever — so we show the math. Full formula here.

Per

Calories: 158
Protein: (23%); 9 g
Fat: (31%); 5 g
Carbohydrates: (46%); 18 g
of which sugar: <1 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sodium: 242 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Computed from the ingredients' USDA data — nothing typed by hand. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable.

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Photo: AI-generated. Nutrition and score are computed from the ingredients with the published formula — this recipe hasn't been kitchen-tested by us yet.