Delicious Chicken Scampi A Quick Version
A super delicious chicken scampi is a pasta and chicken recipe that is rich in nutrients of bright lemon, wine flavor, buttery sauce, and freshness of the garlic and all these features make this a satisfying dish that is also that much simpler and easy to prepare to have bite-size chicken pieces with herbs tender with pasta which will make you crazy to try it again and again and I am sure that your family members will mark this recipe as their favorite onwards.
Prep Time For Scampi Chicken
| Field | Value |
| Author | Chef Kiran |
| Prep | 10 minutes |
| Cook | 15 minutes |
| Total | 25 minutes |
| Course | Main Course |
| Cuisine | Italian |
Ingredients of Scampi Chicken
| Ingredient | Quantity |
| Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts | 1 1/4 lbs. |
| All-Purpose Flour | 2 Tbsp |
| Italian Seasoning | 2 tsp |
| Salt | To taste |
| Freshly Ground Black Pepper | To taste |
| Unsalted Butter | 8 Tbsp |
| Olive Oil | 1 Tbsp |
| Minced Garlic | 2 Tbsp (6 cloves) |
| Thin Spaghetti (or standard) | 12 oz. |
| Dry White Wine | 1 cup |
| Red Pepper Flakes | 1/8 – 1/4 tsp (optional) |
| Fresh Lemon Juice | 1 Tbsp |
| Chopped Parsley | 1/3 cup |
| Shredded Parmesan Cheese | 2/3 cup |
| Romano Cheese | For serving |
Directions To Make Chicken Scampi Recipe
Follow my simple steps for this delicious recipe:
Step 1
Wash the chicken and after washing and cleaning the chicken pieces use paper towels to dry them when they are dry you can mix them to combine with Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and flour.
Step 2
On the other side take a non-stick skillet and add butter with olive oil in it and put it on the stove but set the flame of the stove to medium to high heat.
Step 3
Then add the chicken pieces in a single layer and cook them until they are brown from the bottom then flip them and cook for 2-3 minutes after cooking transfer it to a plate and cover with foil.
Step 4
Now set the flame of the stove to medium to low and melt butter then add garlic cook for 20 seconds and ensure that the garlic doesn’t turn brown while on the other side, take a large pot put water in it, and bring it to a boil to cook the pasta that you can cook according to the instructions on the package.
Step 5
In the mixture of garlic and butter now pour wine put red pepper flakes and simmer it for about 5 minutes until it is reduced by 3/4.
Step 6
Add remaining butter and melt it then remove the pan from the flame and add lemon juice then put the chicken into the skillet also add sauce and sprinkle pepper and salt according to your taste.
Step 7
In the last step place pasta but make sure to drain it very well with chicken, parsley, and sauce mixture then serve chicken scampi to enjoy.
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Nutritional Facts For Scampi Chicken
| Nutrition Facts | Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value* |
| Calories | 630 Calories | – |
| Calories from Fat | 252 Calories | – |
| Fat | 28g | 43% |
| Saturated Fat | 15g | 94% |
| Cholesterol | 119mg | 40% |
| Sodium | 543mg | 24% |
| Potassium | 574mg | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 2% |
| Protein | 38g | 76% |
| Vitamin A | 1035IU | 21% |
| Vitamin C | 8mg | 10% |
| Calcium | 359mg | 36% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
What Makes A Dish Scampi?
In general people in the USA consider chicken scampi to be an Italian-American variation of shrimp scampi while scapi is a complete dish on its own you serve it with a sauce including ingredients for sauce such as garlic, dry white wine, and butter but you have a lot of other options also to prepare all kinds of scampi such as scallops, chicken scampi, and lobster. Our website offers a delicious chicken tenders recipe that you can easily follow to cook crispy tenders at home.
