Have you ever baked pasta in the oven? It can be done! The pasta absorbs more liquid than you might think (~4 cups to this 1 pound of linguine), but the result is a nice, easy dinner. Top that pasta with some shrimp (coated in Panko breadcrumbs) and continue baking for a bit longer, and you end up with this classic dish…but it was baked entirely in the oven!

For this Baked Shrimp Scampi, I used frozen jumbo shrimp. I often keep a pack of shrimp in the freezer, so I just thawed the shrimp in a bowl of water for about 15 minutes before tossing ’em in a bit of melted butter and Panko breadcrumbs. I opted to leave the tail-on as I love the look, but you could certainly use completely shelled shrimp here.