Easy Shrimp and Scallop in White Wine Sauce
photo by addiva45 
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 6 ounces shrimp (small)
- 6 ounces scallops (small)
- 1⁄2 cup white wine
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons chicken base (LOW SALT or SALT FREE)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- pepper (to taste)
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley (can use fresh)
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
directions
- Heat oil over medium/high heat.
- Add garlic and onions.
- Stir constantly for 1 minute.
- Add shrimp and scallops.
- Continue stirring for 2 minutes.
- Add wine, basil, red pepper, chicken base.
- Allow to simmer 2 minutes.
- when cooked the shrimp will turn pink and the scallops will be opaque.
- Add butter, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle with parsley and grated cheese.
- Toss with rice.
- (Any extra juices/sauce may be used for dipping bread).
Reviews
- Boy, if I was not married, I'd marry myself, It was very good had to brag on myself the wife had me to make it for her, Put in a little extra to have leftovers, instead of rice I used veggies, poured some sauce over them.Now dinner is served.
- Recipe was too salty. I think it might've been the second Tbsp of chicken base that put it over the edge. If you prepare this, add zero salt and cut down on the chicken base.
- This recipe was very easy. The outcome was good, but in my opinion, the dish was EXTREMELY salty. The only thing I can attribute that to is the chicken base. I will make it again, but next time, I will cut the base in half, or see if I can find a low sodium base instead. I served it over penne pasta and followed the recipe as written.
- Turned out PERFECT! It was a bit salty, and I like salt. I doubled the recipe, and I think next time I will use a little less of the chicken base, and use real butter, to make it not quite so salty. I used only about 1/4 teaspoon of red crushed pepper and that was just right for us.<br/>Other than that it was YUMMY!!! YOU MUST HAVE FRENCH BREAD FOR DIPPING! Thanks for that info to prior posters! a MUST TRY recipe for Seafood lovers- you wont find anything this good in a restaurant, and I live on the Beach!
- This was great! I actually didn't even make it with shrimp and scallops - I just made the sauce and served it on homemade gnocchi. I added maybe a tablespoon of flour and 1/4 cup of grated cheese at the end to thicken it up. I served it on the side with a tuna steak. Next time I think I'll cut down on the onions (it was a little much for 2 servings). Thank you!
Tweaks
- This was a big hit at my home. I did use noodles instead of rice which created additional liquid. It was delicious even with the tweak!
- My husband loved this with the tweaks I made. I skipped the chicken soup base, as well as the salt, basil, red pepper, parsley, and cheese. I also added some sliced mini portabella mushrooms to the onion and garlic mixture, about a fourth of a cup of imitation lobster when I added the seafood, and stirred in about one teaspoon of corn starch to the wine to thicken it and used Trader Joe's whole-grain Rice Medley.
- Easy to make. Tastes great. I added a few extra cloves and italian herbs instead of parsley. Served over fettucini. Yummy
- I love this recipe. It was really easy and good. I used only shrimp, added a little more pepper flakes, replaced the garlic with shallots and in one of those "oh no moments" when I realized I had no lemons I used grapefruit juice. It worked. Love it. Thank you.
- This was delicious! I made a few changes, just based on what I had in the kitchen: All scallop, garlic powder instead of garlic, no onion, no chicken base, and just a squeeze of lemon. Then I added fresh baby spinach and mixed it all with angle hair pasta. Voila! Quick and wonderful!
