Creamy Chicken Shrimp Scampi Recipe
This Creamy Shrimp Scampi and Chicken is everything you can ask for in a dish! Chicken and shrimp in a creamy tomato wine scampi sauce. The perfect dinner for any occasion that's ready in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 2chicken breasts, boneless skinless
- 1 ½ tspoil
- 1 tbspunsalted butter
- ½ lbraw shrimp
- ½onion, finely chopped
- 2 tbspunsalted butter
- 1 largetomato, diced
- 3garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cupwhite dry wine
- 3 tbspfresh basil, chopped
- ½ cupchicken broth
- ¼ cupheavy whipping cream
- ½ cuphalf and half
- ½ tspground paprika
- ¼ tspcayenne pepper
- ¼ tspsalt
- ⅛ tspground black pepper
Directions
- 1
Cut both chicken breasts in half lengthwise. Beat chicken until even in thickness.
- 2
Season both sides of the chicken breast with salt and pepper to taste. In a large skillet, over med/high heat, add oil. Once hot, sauté chicken until fully cooked and browned, 3-4 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the skillet and cover to keep warm.
- 3
Add 1 Tbsp butter and shrimp to the same skillet. Cook until shrimp is pink and opaque, flip once. Add to the chicken.
- 4
In the same skillet, sauté the onions with 2 Tbsp butter for about 3 minutes, stirring as needed until onions are tender.
- 5
Add the tomatoes, minced garlic, wine and cook another 5 minutes.
- 6
Add the broth, heavy whipping cream, half and half and the seasonings. Stir and simmer 2-3 minutes, until the sauce starts to thicken.
- 7
Return the chicken and shrimp back to the skillet. Cook until chicken and shrimp are reheated.
- 8
Enjoy with your favorite side.