Shrimp Scampi

I made this over the weekend.

It is an Italian dish that is made with shrimps, garlic, lemon and  white wine. Shrimp scampi is an easy meal to make, if you are bored with the way you serve spaghetti, you must try this dish. It’s a clear departure from our Nigerian styled tomato sauce spaghetti. It is an easy breezy way of having dinner made in 30 minutes or less.

I didn’t have white wine so I substituted with chicken stock, I used lime instead of lemon and nchuawu (scent leave) instead of parsley…… hey dont judge, read my blog title and you would understand why I had to substitute.

Here are the ingredients

1 packet of spaghetti

200 grams shrimps or prawns

1 large onion, shredded

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 tbsp butter

2 tbsp oil

2 limes

¼ cup shredded scent leaves or parsley

2 stock cubes

1 tsp oregano, optional

1 tsp dry chilli flakes



1. Boil the spaghetti according to package instruction, drain and set aside. Reserve the spaghetti water.

2. Gently melt the butter in a sauce pan then add the oil.

3. Sauté the onion in the oil for about two minutes followed by the garlic

4. Take ¾ cups of the drain liquid add the 2 stock cube to it stir and pour into the sauce pan cook for about 4 minutes

5. Add the shrimp, oregano, salt and pepper to your taste, cook for about 2 minutes

6.  Add the scent leave and cook for about a minute

7.Squeeze in the limes remember to remove the seeds

8. Mix the sauce with the spaghetti