Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp

Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp is packed full of flavour and ready on your table in under 10 minutes!

⏱ 20 min 🔨 Prep 10min 🔥 Cook 10min 📊 Easy 🍽 4 servings 👁 9
Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp

Ingredients

4 servings

Instructions

  1. Melt 2 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant (about 1 minute). 
  2. Fry shrimp and add salt and pepper, to your taste. Cook 2 minutes on one side, while stirring occasionally. Flip and cook 2 minutes on the other side until JUST beginning to turn pink.
  3. Add in the remaining butter, lemon juice and water. Cook, while stirring, until the butter melts and the shrimp have cooked through (do not over cook them). Take off heat. Taste test, and add more lemon juice, salt or pepper, if needed to suit your tastes.
  4. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and serve over rice or pasta.
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Nutrition per serving

310kcal

💰 Cost Estimate

Total Ingredients
$1681.00
Per Serving
$420.00/serving
🏠 Savings
~$3362.00 vs buying!
📋 Price Breakdown (100% ingredients detected)
IngredientAmountSubtotal
butter 0.3333333333333333 cup $87.00
garlic 4 cloves $790.00
shrimp 0.25 lbs $61.00
pinch Kosher salt 1 $36.00
pinch freshly ground black pepper 1 $442.00
-2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 $67.00
water 2 tbsp -
pinch fresh parsley 1 $198.00

*Estimated market prices, may vary by region

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Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp

Ingredients:
  • 1/3 cup butter (divided)
  • 4 cloves garlic (minced, or 1 tablespoon)
  • 1 3/4 lbs shrimp (or prawns, peeled and deveined, tails intact)
  • 1 pinch Kosher salt (to taste)
  • 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
  • 1 -2 tablespoons lemon juice (juice of half a lemon - add more if desired)
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 pinch fresh parsley (chopped to garnish)

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