Succulent shrimp tossed in a rich blend of melted butter, abundant garlic and fresh lemon juice, Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp may be the ultimate 20-minute meal.
With just 6 simple ingredients, this flavorful, juicy shrimp not only makes an easy weeknight meal, but a welcome appetizer for your next dinner party or game day get-together.
Ingredients You Need to Make Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
- Shrimp: Medium or large raw shrimp (fresh or thawed frozen shrimp) that are peeled and deveined, ideally shrimp with tails.
- Butter: salted or unsalted butter
- Olive Oil: ideally good, extra-virgin olive oil
- Fresh Garlic: Look for a firm, fresh head of garlic with large cloves and smooth skin.
- Lemon: Ideally organic as you'll need both juice and zest.
- Parsley: Fresh, flat leaf parsley (Italian parsley) - dried parsley is not a good substitute in this dish.
- Crushed Red Pepper
- Kosher Salt and Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Fast, easy and tasty — that's how I would describe shrimp. It cooks in minutes and lends itself to a wide variety of flavor combinations. Here sweet, tender shrimp is pan fried and bathed in a bright, aromatic, lemon garlic butter sauce. A truly restaurant-quality meal on your dinner table in less than half an hour. Serve it with bread, pasta (see this Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta recipe) or rice because you won't want to miss a drop of the rich, silky sauce.
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How to Make Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
Step 1: In a large skillet, heat butter and olive oil until sizzling. Add minced garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Add shrimp; cook and stir until shrimp is just cooked through.
Step 2: Add fresh lemon juice and zest, and parsley; stir to coat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to platter and serve.
Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 5 large garlic cloves minced
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes or more
- 1 pound medium shrimp peeled and deveined, leave tails intact if desired
- 1 large lemon juice and zest
- ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until sizzling. Add minced garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add shrimp; cook and stir until shrimp is just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Stir in fresh lemon juice and zest, and parsley. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer to serving bowl or platter and serve.
This shrimp is calling my name, Marissa! We just got back from Charleston, SC, and I think I ate my weight in seafood down there. Even so, I'm ready for this recipe now! It looks amazing!
Hope you had lots of fun in Charleston, David! As a fellow seafood lover, I know you'll enjoy these!
The combination of shrimp, oil/butter, garlic, lemon, and herbs means an ultimate summer vibes to me! Can imagine having this meal, outside (let's pretend these horrible mosquitoes don't exist haha!), with some bread and wine. Perfection!
You've described my ideal summer meal, Ben. (Less the mosquitos of course!)
Garlic butter and shrimp...sign me up, Marissa :-)) They look lipsmackingly delicious!