Shrimp Scampi

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2016, America's Test Kitchen TV

By using a few Test Kitchen tricks (like poaching our shrimp in wine), we created a restaurant-quality scampi with perfectly cooked seafood and a garlicky sauce.

SERVES 4

TIME 1¼ hours

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our shrimp scampi recipe uses a few test kitchen tricks to ensure flavorful and well-cooked shrimp along with a cohesive, garlicky wine-and-butter sauce. First, we brine the shrimp in salt and sugar to season them throughout and keep them m...

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