Date Night Savory Shrimp and Zoodles

Share Shrimp and Zoodles with your honey or the whole family.

This recipe serves four and looks as gorgeous on the plate as it tastes.

🥘Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon * optional but delicious (included in nutrition)

The saltiness in the bacon lends something special to the sweetness of the succulent shrimp.

• 1 pound Shrimp peeled and de-veined
  

You can choose jumbo shrimp or smaller shrimp depending on what you like. I prefer medium, bite sized shrimp for this dish.

If you are new to cooking with seafood, you can check out this shrimp buying guide that explains how to choose the best shrimp for your meal.

Seared scallops can be traded for the shrimp as well.

• 3 zucchini *made into zoodles (Zucchini Noodles)

This allows for a little less than one whole zucchini per serving.

• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp lemon zest
• 1 cup Tomatoes chopped – fresh
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped (optional)

Add the parsley after plating the meal.

• salt and pepper to taste
• red pepper flakes *optional

If you like to spice it up, red pepper flakes are a great compliment to this dish.

👩🏽‍🍳Instructions

• Make the zucchini noodles before you start anything else.

I really like this spiralizer. They make one for a kitchen-aid mixer but it’s a little more expensive and I don’t use it enough to justify it…they are cool though.

• Place a large, heavy skillet (cast iron is best)over medium heat, add bacon and cook for 3-5 minutes on each side or until cooked to your preference.

Remove bacon and transfer to a plate lined with paper towel. Chop after cool. Leave the bacon fat in the skillet.

Shrimp and Zoodles are good but bacon makes everything better.

• RIGHT before cooking, peel (if needed) and season shrimp with salt & pepper or red pepper flakes if using.

This is IMPORTANT:

If you season the shrimp sooner the salt will draw out their moisture, making them wet, floppy, and prevent caramelization.

• Gently, add shrimp one at a time to heated skillet.

Add about 1 tablespoon butter or ghee to pan, if there isn’t enough bacon fat or you don’t want to use it.

Be sure not to overcrowd the pan. Overcrowded pans become wet with the juice that escapes the prawn and prevents getting a scald (caramelization) on the meat.

• Shrimp cooks quickly and if they’re overcooked, they will become rubbery.

Once they are pink, with a slightly caramelized exterior, flip them only once. Once they are pink and have a little caramelization on both sides, remove them to a plate.

• Add zucchini noodles to the same skillet and season with salt & pepper if desired.

Let zucchini noodles cook for about 1 minute, flipping and stirring frequently. DON’T OVERCOOK.They’ll get mushy if you cook for more than a minute or two at the most.

As zucchini noodles cook, add in the lemon juice and zest. Turn off heat and toss in tomatoes, crumbled bacon and shrimp.

• Divide into four servings and garnish with fresh chopped parsley.
  

🥗 Side dishes

The Shrimp and Zoodles are great on their own but here are a few side’s and bread that compliment this meal:

• Baked Cauliflower Mash
• Garlic Parmesan Green Beans
• Focaccia Bread
• Garlic & Parm Dinner Rolls
• Bacon, Cheddar & Black Pepper Dinner Rolls
• Olive Garden Copycat Bread-sticks
• Cheddar Biscuits
• Cornbread

💭 Tips

• You can store this meal in the fridge for a day or two.

If you are meal prepping, make the zoodles a day or two before you plan on cooking this dish. Shrimp isn’t something you want to hang onto in the fridge for more than two days at the most.

• Seared Scallops in the place of the shrimp are freaking fantastic.
• Top with fresh chives for a special touch.

That’s all that I have to say about this Zoodles and Shrimp Recipe!

As always, drop me a line in the comments of you have any questions or want to share your awesome addition to this meal.

Cheers for now!

Brandy

The nutritional information is provided as a courtesy. We are pretty careful about our figures but if you ever feel like anything is off please feel free to do your own calculations

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