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Hawaiian Shrimp Scampi - garlic butter sauteed shrimp with lemon juice and white wine. This Hawaiian shrimp scampi recipe is so good.
One of my favorite shrimp scampi recipes is Hawaiian shrimp scampi, made famous by the Giovanni’s shrimp truck at Kahuku, in the north shore of Oahu island.
If you have been to Hawaii, it’s very likely that you have tried the legendary shrimp. It’s top of the list as a must-eat when you are in Oahu.
My Hawaiian shrimp scampi recipe is loosely adapted from this recipe.
Many of my friends have tried and tested my recipe and all gave me their thumbs up. .They taste very close to Giovanni’s version. It’s utterly delicious and best served with some cold beer. Enjoy!
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This recipe is only 557 calories per serving.
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Hawaiian Shrimp Scampi
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500g) shrimp, headless, shell-on, tail-on, deveined
- 1/2 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 2 oz (60g) unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 2 tablespoons white wine
- salt to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce, optional
- 1 squirt lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Clean and rinse the shrimp, then devein them. Pat them dry with paper towels.
- Mix the flour and cayenne pepper together in a large bowl. Add the shrimp and toss a few times to lightly coat them with the flour mixture.
- Heat a sauté pan and add the butter. Once the butter melts, add the olive oil. Stir in the garlic and sauté lightly until fragrant, then add the shrimp to the pan. Sauté the shrimp, then add the white wine, salt, sugar, and fish sauce (if using).
- Continue to stir until the shrimp are cooked through. Add a squirt or two of lemon juice and some black pepper. Stir to combine and serve immediately.
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Love that shrimp truck. I need to figure out when we can go back!! Haha
Until then, I’m adding this to my recipe list for this week!
Would mixed seafood work for this recipe? I know you mentioned omitting white wine but I like wine in my cooking. Would red wine work too? I just want to use what I have available.
No red wine. Yes mixed seafood is fine.
When I saw this on the internet and saw you had written “Hawaiian shrimp scampi made famous by Giovanni’s shrimp truck” I just couldn’t believe it! My friend and I were in Hawaii on Oahu staying on the Marine Base, somewhere around 2007 I believe, visiting with friends and one day we went for a drive around the island and found this truck set up along the road somewhere and I had this recipe! I am so surprised to see this here, I am going to make it! I can remember it being sooooooo garlicky, I loved it. Wow, talk about bringing back good memories. ;o)
Excited to try this recipe. How soon after the shrimp go in do you add everything else? And is it better to have the heat at medium or high? Thanks in advance!
I like high but medium is fine.
hi,
can i omit the white wine?
Yes you can. :)
Just reading the recipe brought back happy memories of Oahu–can’t wait to try it! Thanks!
Thanks Debra…I know right, I wanted to go back to Hawaii, too.
In order to serve over linguine, I shelled and de-tailed the shrimp. Marvelous recipe.
Bonnie, yum, what a great idea. I will have to make a shrimp scampi linguine!
Made this for dinner, and it was so easy and yummy. Didn’t have white wine, so I used vodka (what we had – don’t judge!). I also added more than a squirt of lemon because I love acid (that came out bad). Anyways, thanks for the recipe!
oh my god, I’ve been craving Giovanni’s since I got back from my vacation on the North Shore. Thank youuuuuuu, can’t wait to try this, I have high hopes! <3
I was CRAVING noodles, but I didn’t have yellow noodles, so I used soba noodles to make Bee’s Garlic Noodles & it was DELICIOUS!!! I paired the noodles with Bee’s Hawaiian Shrimp Scampi recipe… It was the easiest, most DELICIOUS dinner in 25mins I have ever whipped up!!! THANK YOU so very much for perfecting both these recipes, Bee!!! xoxo
Thanks Kim. That’s a great idea and combo. I will have to try that!! :)