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Shrimp Scampi Pizza

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Shrimp Scampi Pizza
A quick, easy and divinely tasty shrimp pizza in a garlic butter sauce!

Shrimp Scampi is one of my favourite meals! You really just can’t go wrong with shrimp in a butter and garlic sauce and it’s so quick and easy to make! Usually it’s served over pasta but it’s also great in pizza form! You basically cook some shrimp in butter along with garlic and spread it over pizza dough before covering in cheese and baking until the cheese is melted and everything is nice and golden brown and oh, so good! I like to serve shrimp scampi pizza topped with fresh chopped parsley and wedges of lemon to squeeze juice onto it just before serving!

Shrimp Scampi Pizza
Shrimp Scampi Pizza
Shrimp Scampi Pizza
Shrimp Scampi Pizza
Shrimp Scampi Pizza

Shrimp Scampi Pizza
Shrimp Scampi Pizza

Shrimp Scampi Pizza

Prep Time:10 minutes Cook Time:10 minutes Total Time:20 minutes Servings: 4

A quick, easy and divinely tasty shrimp pizza in a garlic butter sauce!

ingredients
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
  • 1 pound shrimp, shelled and de-veined
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 pizza dough
  • 1 cup mozzarella, shredded
  • 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano (parmesan), grated
directions
  1. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, add the garlic, red pepper flakes and shrimp and cook until the shrimp is just cooked through, about a minute per side, before adding the lemon juice and removing from the heat.
  2. Spread the dough out on a baking sheet, spread the shrimp and the lemon butter-garlic sauce over and sprinkling on the cheese.
  3. Bake in a preheated 500F/260C oven until the cheese has melted and the crust is crispy and golden brown, about 10 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle with parsley and let cool.
Option: Serve topped with fresh parsley and lemon wedges!
Nutrition Facts: Calories 456, Fat 22g (Saturated 12g, Trans 0.3g), Cholesterol 200mg, Sodium 1266mg, Carbs 32g (Fiber 1g, Sugars 1g), Protein 29g
Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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    • Lynn says

      October 15, 2012 at 9:18 pm

      Is 5 minutes at 550 degrees long enough to cook the crust? I like a crispy crust but I wouldn't want to overlook the crust. I love shrimp scampi pizza and would love to make it myself.

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  2. Anonymous says

    June 16, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    I’m not a fan of shrimp, but the sauce for the pizza sounds great! I think I’m going to play around with that and see what I can come up with. As always, you have inspired me!

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  4. bobby says

    June 16, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    Interesting recipe. I can see how shrimp scampi would make a great pizza – it looks like you put it together well. I always love trying different kinds of pizzas.

    Reply

  11. Adam says

    June 17, 2008 at 1:33 am

    Wow what a far out but delicious idea. It’s like a garlic white pizza but with shrimp. Nice idea.

    I wouldn’t miss the pizza sauce either, the shrimp more than makes up for it.

    Reply

  12. Peter M says

    June 17, 2008 at 1:53 am

    Kevin, the simplicity of this pizza is what makes it so good…shrimp, garlic, cheese…you bite into this and you know it’s shrimp pizza.

    Reply

  15. Helene says

    June 17, 2008 at 2:36 am

    Kevin, I’m completely sold on this one. My only change would be to replace the mozza with Gruyère. I love Gruyère with shrimps, wine and garlic. Good job.

    Reply

  26. Grace says

    June 17, 2008 at 12:50 pm

    great, now i’m craving pizza and i don’t have any pizza dough or ingredients to make it. what am i supposed to do now? order an entire pizza just for myself? sounds good to me. 🙂

    Reply

  36. giz says

    June 17, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    I honestly can’t even remember the last time I ate pizza. When I did, I always loved the wonky toppings like bbq’d chicken and goat’s cheese or shrimp and asparagus.

    Reply

  41. RecipeWorld says

    June 17, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    The first thing I thought when I saw the picture (even before I read the recipe) was WOW! That looks great!

    My only suggestion would be to add a little bit of parmesan or asiago cheese to the blend. As an Italian, I should be kicking myself for suggesting seafood and cheese together at all, but you have to have cheese on pizza, and if you’re going to have one, why not go all out?

    Reply

  43. Pam says

    June 17, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    I was just thinking today that it’s been so long since I’ve made pizza. This could not have been more perfect timing!!!

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  53. Elizabeth Higgins says

    September 22, 2018 at 6:21 am

    Oh my goodness, Kevin, this Shrimp Scampi pizza just looks so amazingly delicious! I cannot wait to get my hands on it and eat it. We love seafood and this recipe would be great for those days we just want to lounge in front of the television and watch movies. We are excited to try this! Do you think we can increase the amount of red pepper flakes for this?

    Reply

  54. Kerry Berger says

    December 2, 2018 at 2:24 pm

    It might be worth your time to include a recipe for making pizza dough rather than purchasing the commercial options. There are any number of great recipes out there for both thin and thick pizza dough. I know you are marketing your site to the “busy person” who doesn’t want to spend much time cooking or preparing dough. But I would recommend that you consider a recipe for “homemade” dough that can be frozen and then defrosted in the refrigerator, prepped the next evening along with your pizza scampi recipe.

    As a fellow professional cook, I think it is a good time for us to begin encouraging more made-from-scratch recipes than the processed food options. So many Americans today simply have lost the knowledge-base of the joy of cooking and its hidden benefits cooking from scratch. It’s really not the pressure of time, but whether people want to eat food at home that is as good as or exceeds restaurant quality dining at half to two-thirds the cost.

    I like your scampi pizza recipe. I feel there is much potential to build on it.

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  55. Jamie says

    February 14, 2019 at 12:03 am

    Oh man!! What happened to the original recipe??? I’ve had your recipe saved on Pinterest for quite a few years now (and we LOVE it), but when I came to make it last time, it had changed. It used to have white wine in it and possibly a few other slight changes. Any chance you still have the old recipe (this time I will write it down instead of just having it saved on the web)? I’ve tried this new version, but it doesn’t seem to be quite the same. Please help ;)!

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