Garlic butter shrimp

⏱️ 17 min 👥 4 servings 📊 Easy
American appetizer
Garlic butter shrimp
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This Garlic butter shrimp is so easy to cook. The shrimps are lovingly cooked in garlic, butter, chilli and lemon juice. They can be served with any dish.

📝 Ingredients

  • 15 to 20 large shrimps. ( Cleaned and deveined)
  • 4 tbsp salted butter (use unsalted and add 1/3 tsp salt to the shrimp when cooking )
  • 4 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • ½ tsp mixed herbs
  • Juice of 1 large lemon
  • ½ tsp cayenne pepper

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Season the shrimp with cayenne pepper is using, otherwise, skip this step
  2. 2Place a pan on medium heat, add butter and leave to melt.
  3. 3Add chopped garlic and stir frequently until fragrant
  4. 4Followed by the shrimp, cook for 2 to 4 minutes or until pink and opaque. Add chilli flakes and mixed herbs, stir to combine then finish it off with the juice of a whole lemon. Take it off the heat, garnish with chopped parsley and serve immediately

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by Ajoke on myactivekitchen.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.