White wine, butter, lemon, and tarragon make up the sauce in this shrimp scampi that's served over quick-cooking orzo.

Don’t stop at pasta! Try shrimp scampi spooned over crusted toasted bread or tossed into a simple salad. The seafood classic will instantly make any dinner plate feel ten times more elegant.

Simple, quick dinners like shrimp scampi with pasta and shrimp tacos ... plenty of lemon is the secret to this tangy, creamy shrimp salad. David Malosh for The New York Times.