Garlic Butter Shrimp
Garlic butter shrimp is about to become your new favorite recipe. It is an amazing appetizer, but you can toss it with some pasta for a fantastic dinner.
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound shrimp raw, peeled, and deveined (453.59 grams)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (56.5 grams)
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional
- 1/4 cup white wine or chicken broth (59.1 ml), read more about using wine in this here
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Pat the shrimp very dry. Season them with salt and pepper.1 pound shrimp, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper
- Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds, being careful not to allow the garlic to burn.4 tablespoons unsalted butter, 3 cloves garlic, 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Add the shrimp and cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until the shrimp just begins to turn pink.
- Whisk in the wine (or chicken broth) and lemon juice and bring to a simmer (this should happen within about 30 seconds). Cook for 2 minutes or until all the shrimp has turned pink, being careful to not overcook the shrimp.1/4 cup white wine, 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Garnish with fresh parsley and serve with a baguette.fresh parsley