Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi (Cooking Light)

I made this recipe using my favorite short cut seafood, the frozen peeled and deveined uncooked shrimp from Trader Joe's. I had just about everything else on hand, so I had dinner on the table in 20 minutes and happy boys all around. Both kids love shrimp and orzo pasta is fun to eat for some reason.

Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi (adapted from Cooking Light)

Timing - 20 minutes

Ingredients
1 box orzo
2 T chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper
3 T butter
1 lb peeled and deveined shrimp
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 lemon, juiced

How to Make
Cook orzo according to package directions and drain. Place orzo in a bowl with parsley, salt and pepper and half a tablespoon of butter and cover to keep warm.

While orzo cooks, melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large nonstick skilled over medium-high heat. Sprinkle shrimp with salt. Add half of shrimp to pan and saute two minutes or until almost done. Transfer to a plate and then cook the rest of the shrimp in another tablespoon of butter and transfer to the plate.

Melt last half tablespoon of butter in the pan and saute the garlic for 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Stir in shrimp, lemon juice and a generous amount of pepper and cook one minute until shrimp finish cooking. Toss shrimp mixture with the orzo and serve.

Serves 4