Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi with Couscous

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Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi with Couscous

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I think you’ll love this garlic butter shrimp scampi over couscous for the same reasons I do. It’s easy (it’s a 15-minute, activity night dinner), it’s made with just 6 basic ingredients, and most importantly, it’s got major flavor!

Ingredients 

– 16 oz. raw shrimp (as large as possible) – 5 cloves garlic – 1/4 lemon (~ 1 tablespoon lemon juice) – 3 Tbsp. butter – 12 oz. couscous (2 boxes) – 6 cups baby spinach, roughly chopped – 1 tsp. sea salt – 1/4–1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes*

How to Make Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi with Couscous

Prep Ingredients

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Thaw shrimp, slice garlic, chop spinach.

Cook couscous

Start boiling water for couscous and according to package instructions.

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Saute garlic shrimp

Melt butter over medium-high heat in a large skillet and add garlic to skillet. Cook until fragrant, about 30-60 seconds and then add in shrimp to the garlic butter sauce. Cook shrimp until opaque and then stir in spinach and season with sea salt.

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Finish dish

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Squeeze lemon juice over shrimp mixture and serve shrimp and spinach over couscous. Drizzle with olive oil and add some heat with red pepper flakes if desired.

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