Easy shrimp scampi without wine, add pasta and you'll have dinner in less than 30 minutes. A classic shrimp scampi linguine recipe that everyone will love. Interested in kid friendly recipes without wine? try this delicious no wine chicken Francese recipe. It is a winner!
❤️ Why You'll Love It
Garlicky Buttery Shrimp Scamp is the best and most welcomed shrimp recipe around my dinner table. This is a kid- friendly version , a no wine shrimp scampi recipe that you can safely give to your kids or eat if you follow a no alcohol diet.
Substituting alcohol is some recipes is not hard at all. Take for example this rich tiramisu recipe without alcohol, turned out great and did not affect its deliciousness.
This Shrimp with pasta kind of light, easy, quick, one pan, 30 minutes, kid friendly, and a no brainer recipe. No wonder I love it, it is my kind of recipes.
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
Now, let's head over to the step by step part of the recipe and check for yourself how easy it is.
- First off, I need to tell you a quick trick. The trick is to cook the shrimps just long enough that they turn pink and not until they get the texture of tires 😬. So we need to work quick and that adds to the beauty of this dish.
- We'll start by heating a generous amount of butter and olive oil in a pan then add shrimp and cook until most not all of them turn pink.
- Add another heavy dose of garlic and stir for about a minute.
- Reduce heat and add parsley, lemon juice, zest ( if you chose to), salt and pepper.
- Add the shrimp stock/water or chicken broth and mix well.
- Stir in cooked pasta, turn heat off and mix pasta well with the rest of ingredients.
Another tip is, if you care for more sauce, add half a cup of the cooked pasta water to the pan. The starch in the water will thicken the sauce a bit allowing it to adhere to the pasta more. I've tried it both ways and honestly did not feel much of a difference but some people say it does🤷. For us it was great anyways.
💬 FAQs
Scampi by itself is a tiny, lobster-like crustacean that has been swapped with shrimps here in the United States. The sauce is a simple garlic, white wine and butter sauce. Very flavorful and goes very well with pasta or can be mopped with bread or rice.
Well, you can use chicken broth or water as a substitute for white wine. Here though, I have used shrimp stock. So what is shrimp stock is exactly?
Simple, do not throw away your shrimp shells. Simmer shrimp shells in water or microwave for a couple of minutes, strain and discard the shells. The shrimp shells are wonderful flavor enhancers and should not be discarded.
Shrimp Scampi Recipe Without Wine
Ingredients
- 1 lb linguine pasta.
- ¼ cup butter.
- ¼ cup olive oil.
- 2 Tablespoons minced garlic.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- ¼ - ⅓ cup lemon juice.
- ¾ cup water/chicken broth/ shrimp stock. See notes *
- ½ cup fresh parsley chopped.
- Lemon zest optional.**
- Red chili flakes optional.
- 2 lb large shrimps peeled and divined.
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions reserve half a cup of the cooking water, see notes for that.***
- In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter with olive oil then add shrimps until most of the shrimp turns pink. About 2 minutes.
- Add garlic and sauté with shrimp for another minute until all the shrimp turn pink.
- Reduce heat add salt, pepper, lemon juice, shrimp stock, parsley and the reserved half cup of pasta cooking water( if you chose to).
- Stir everything well and cook for two minutes.
- Add cooked pasta to the pot, mix then turn off the heat.
- Serve garnished with more parsley and red pepper flakes if desired.
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Jacey
This was really good and made a wonderful family meal.
Tyanne
Good recipe! Great for lunch with leftover noodles.
S
This recipe is still getting 5 stars in 2024. Super, super tasty.
Tina L
Halved this recipe and used only a half lemon juiced and did the recommended shrimp shells to make broth. Also, added some chicken broth and it was absolutely delicious!! Will make again. Thank you!
Nancy
Very tasty!
6KidsMom
Excellent substitute when you're out of wine. Great flavor, but don't use too much lemon. 1/3 cup overpowered the other flavors. I added 1/4 cup of chicken broth and the flavors smoothed out nicely. Red pepper flakes are a must!
Emma
No Wine Shrimp Scampi is delicious! I have cooked it twice and both times YUMMY! I would like for the sauce to be thicker. I have used the tips but the thickness did not change. Any other ideas?
Amira
Thanks Emma for your feedback, maybe try to dissolve a teaspoon of cornstarch in a little bit of water or shrimp stock and pour them over, this should thicken it more.
Shae
Try adding in some fresh Parmesan cheese
Danny Jeffries
I made times three for about 60 shrimp, no tails deveined and they turned out very well. I added 16 tablespoons of butter and then the rest of my ingredients and that was a very good meal. Next time I’m gonna use pasta and make a good dinner with toast/garlic bread, and sweet tea
Elizabeth
To thicken any sauce, first, in a small bowl, mix a teaspoon of corn starch with a little cool water until it forms a watery blend. Never add hot water. Then add to the sauce and stir. The consistency of the sauce will thicken. Enjoy!
Bonita Lemon
You can use a cornstarch slurry to thicken it up
Ria
Full nutrition Would be very helpful and appreciated
Lisa F.
Made this tonight and was absolutely delicious. My husband said “ this is the best scampi sauce I’ve ever had” and he is hard to please.This has become my go to dinner. Thank you.
Andrea
It was somewhat bland and I could definitely tell something was missing. It wasn't bad though and at least my younger kid ate it since he isn't big on spices anyway. I ended up adding a little parmesan cheese to mine to enhance the flavor a bit. Overall it was ok and at least it was fast.
Andrea
On the plus I forgot to mention that I had never heard of shrimp stock but was very surprised at how it turned out. I think it helped with the flavor some.
Katie
Very soupy and bland. Followed recipe exactly. Not sure what went wrong.
Elizabeth
To add flavor and beautiful color, add paprika. Enjoy!
Bonnie
I made this for my family and guest and we all really liked it! It was actually my first time cooking shrimp myself. Thank you for the recipe and the tip about making shrimp stock! 🙂
Amira
Thanks Bonnie for the feedback, happy you liked it.
Dee
Made this tonight for my husband and I....OMG! We loved it. Saved it so I can make it again. Thank you for sharing this
Amira
Thank you so much Dee, glad you liked it.
Jordan
I love this recipe and so does my family! Including picky toddlers I've also tweaked it a few times and have yet to get a fail. Thank you!
Elizabeth Capwell
I made this shrimp scampi tonight for my husband and me, and we loved it. Your timing directions were spot on for perfectly cooked shrimp - thank you! I had a little trouble making shrimp stock though
; When I cooked shrimp shells in water in the microwave for 2 minutes, most of the liquid boiled over onto the glass turntable. I poured liquid back into the glass measuring cup, added water to the previous level and cooked it for one minute. Strained shrimp stock added a lot more flavor. I also remembered a wonderful scampi I ate years ago, prepared by a man from Greece with halved cherry tomatoes and feta cheese. I didn’t have feta, but I had crumbled goat cheese. So I added that at the last minute along with halved grape tomatoes. The goat cheese melted and made the sauce creamy. The result was the most delicious scampi we ever ate. Please feel free to add my feta/goat cheese and/or halved cherry or grape tomato variations to your published recipe if you like them. Thank you again!
Amira
Thank you so much Elizabeth for sharing your experience with us. You bet, I need to try this cheese trick sounds so delicious and the grape tomatoes .. I love it. Thank you again for your feedback.
Debbie
I'm not a fan of cooking with wine but I figured there had to be a way to make great scampi without the wine and this was perfect!. I made it exactly according to the directions and used the pasta water and chicken stock. The only item I didn't use was lemon zest and you really didn't need it. The fresh lemon juice and fresh parsley made it perfectly wonderful.
I am heading out to buy the ingredients because we are having it again for dinner tonight. Along with garlic bread, it is the best shrimp scampi I have ever tasted let alone made myself.
Thank you so much for the great recipe that I will be making many more times.
Amira
Thank you so much Debbie for sharing your experience. I am happy you liked it.. and oh the garlic bread is so much needed.
Gail Marcynuk
Just made it and we loved! I will definitely make this dish again and again!
Amira
Oh, I am so happy you liked it. Thank you for the feedback.
Pauline
I made it. It was delicious. My daughter-in-law and I loved it. We'll make it again.
Amira
Pauline, I am so glad you liked it. Thanks for the feedback.
Jane Rausch
We made your recipe for Empanadas the day after you posted it this week and we wanted to let you know that we loved it!! The seasonings were easy and we just happened to have two pie shells in the freezer! Had to work the bits of dough to make enough for the two of us for dinner! I cannot recall the last time, if ever, that we enjoyed ptting these together, my husband made the meet and I wrangled with the pastery so very much that I'm writing your how well they turned out so a big THANK YOU from our house!! 5 star review!!
Jenn
I made it and it was delicious. My Husband loved it. The only thing I added was more garlic and Parmesan Cheese. It was quite simple to make and I'll definitely be making it again.
Amira
Jenn, Thank you for sharing your experience with us, I am happy you liked it.
Deb
Enjoyed this recipe a lot. I added 2 T noncom flour to thicken the sauce a little. Served it over rice rather than pasta.
Amira
Thanks Deb for your feedback, happy you liked the recipe.
Angela Millard
I made a variation of this recipe and it was delicious. I upped the garlic by a lot, used twice the butter, and included a pound of mussels with the shrimp. I also let the noodles soak up the sauce for ten minutes before serving. Would make again.
Amira
Loved your version Angela, thank you so much for trying the recipe and for your twist.. I am sure many would love it as well.
Holly
Hello, just cooked your shrimp. My husband and two boys loved it. We rolled corn on the cob in the sauce instead of pasta. The sauce is that good. I will make this again and again.
Amira
Holly, what a great idea this is.. I have a kid who is obsessed with corn on the cob so this would work great for him. Thank you.
Richard Nelson
Made the other day. good.. the ingredients are lopsided though had to many noodles ...also needs more spice .so I added accordingly
Amira
Richard, thank you for trying the recipe and yes please adjust to your own liking... we all have different taste and different appetite as well.
Denise Roo
Excellent recipe. I will add more garlic next time, we can handle more :).
Amira
I’m so glad you loved it Denise!!!
Marks Hoff.
Made this for my wife yesterday it was very easy and quick. She liked it and we will be making this again for sure.
Amira
Sounds fabulous Marks! I am happy you both liked it.
Kalley
This recipe was fantastic! I just fed my in-laws, my husband, and my three year old boy. They all loved it! There were no leftovers! I actually caught my husband licking the bottom of the pan to get the rest of that buttery sauce. It was such an easy recipe to follow, too. Thanks for the recipe and for 6 happy tummies! 🙂
Amira
Kalley, make them 7 happy persons because I am very happy that you all liked the recipe. Thank you so much for rating the recipe and for the feedback.
Ashlee Walker
Yum!! The whole pan was gone in one sitting. Family favorite.
Amira
Ashlee, thank you for trying this recipe. I am glad you liked it.
Owen Gorman
I'm on a 100 day alcohol free challenge and this recipe was AMAZING. Considering my basic cooking level, this was so easy to put together.
Amira
Owen, than you so much for your feedback. I am happy that you liked the recipe and it helped you in your challenge.