garlic butter shrimp
This delicious shrimp is cooked in a simple garlic butter sauce made with lemon juice and white cooking wine.
Servings: 4
Calories: 345kcal
Equipment
- skillet
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup butter divided
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 3/4 pounds shrimp peeled and deveined, tails intact
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- Juice of half a lemon about 2 tablespoons
- 2 Tbs white cooking wine
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Melt 2 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant (about 1 minute).
- 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.
- Add in the remaining butter, lemon juice. Cook, while stirring, until the butter melts and the shrimp have cooked through . Take off heat. and add more lemon juice, salt or pepper, if needed to suit your tastes.
- Garnish with fresh chopped parsley .
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Nutrition
Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 541mg | Sodium: 1679mg | Potassium: 182mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 641IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 300mg | Iron: 4mg