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Lemon Garlic Shrimp - the best shrimp recipe covered with lemon, garlic, and butter that's ready to be served in 20 mins. Perfect as is or with pasta.
The Best Lemon Garlic Shrimp
If there is one thing that I can’t live without, it’s probably shrimp. I love shrimp, and if there is only one food that I can choose, it’s going to be shrimp. Yes. I do love shrimp that much.
When I was clearing out the fridge in the past few days, I was so happy to see that I have a pound of shrimp sitting in my freezer. I also have a bag of garlic, parsley leaves, one lemon, and half stick of butter.
Ideas started to flood my mind, I could have lemon garlic shrimp with all these ingredients above and I will be very happy as it is so delicious, yet so easy to make.
Ingredients For Lemon Garlic Shrimp
- Shrimp
- Unsalted butter
- Garlic
- Lemon
- Parsley
- Cayenne pepper
- Black pepper
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
Cooking Tips
- For the best result, use medium-sized shrimp, as bigger shrimp tend to be rubbery in texture. Peel off the shell, leave the tail on so you can actually use your hand to eat the shrimp.
- Hold it by the tail and suck the lemony, garlicky, and buttery flavors off the entire shrimp, ahhhh, you will be in shrimp heaven.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shrimp lasts in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
To not overcook shrimp, remove them from the heat right when the meat is the same color pink all around (no brown/grey). Perfectly cooked shrimp will be in a loose C shape while tight C shapes usually indicate overcooked shrimp.
This recipe has 222 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Lemon Garlic Shrimp
This dish is best served with garlic noodles. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Lemon Garlic Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 lb (500g) medium-sized shrimp, shelled, deveined, tail-on
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 dashes black pepper
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Rinse the shrimp thoroughly. Peel and devein the shrimp, leaving the tails on. Drain any excess water in a colander and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the butter and sauté the garlic until aromatic but not browned. Add the shrimp in a single layer and stir to cook evenly.
- Add the cayenne pepper and lemon juice, and continue to cook for 2–3 minutes, or until the shrimp is fully cooked. Add the parsley and stir to combine well. Dish out and serve immediately with lemon wedges.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I bring these to a brunch and serve them at room temp.?
Yes, sure you can!
Made this tonight for my family and loved it.
I made this for dinner tonight with grilled steaks my family loved it and I tweaked the recipe just a little bit didn’t have Cayanne so I used red pepper flakes and I used pre-cook shrimp but it was awesome. Thank you very much for sharing your recipe
Hi Tony, so happy that you liked the lemon garlic shrimp. Next time, try it with raw shrimp, so much better!
Hi bee loved your like & garlic chicken..But can’t find the recipe again. Xx
Hi Peter, at the top of the page, there is a red bar with a star that says Click here for recipe.
It would be great to have nutritional info. I’m on a lifetime 20 carb a day diet to control seizures.
Hi Susan, I will try but not all recipes have nutritional info.
I can’t believe I haven’t commented before, since I’ve made this recipe probably 25 times now :) My husband and I LOVE it! And it works just as well with frozen pre-cooked shrimp. We love things spicy, so we always add extra spice. And then we always have it with corn on the cob, using the extra sauce as “butter” for the corn. Sooo delicious, thanks for the excellent recipe!
Hi Jill – awww, thanks for leaving me a comment. I love my reader’s comment, especially if you have tried my recipe. Yum on the corn idea. You should try more recipes on my site, they are all delicious! :)
I made these yesterday for a family happening together with the Parmesan Garlic Noodles as a sidedish and it was simply stunning. People liked it a lot and I got a lot of compliments which I am passing on as this is your recipe. Thanks for sharing these recipes, I really enjoy making them!
Hi Sven, thanks for trying my recipes and thanks for sharing my website with your friends. I am so happy. Please try out more recipes and send all your friends and family my website link. :)
I can’t believe how easy you make preparing this lemon garlic shrimp. I always think it’s so hard. thanks for the confidence boost.
It’s the easiest lemon garlic shrimp recipe ever! :)
Thank you Bee for the nice recipes. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
I tried this last night and I must say that it was really awesome. TO me, I like spicy, so I added some more ingredients to make it more spicy and hot.
Hi Kim – I know, these lemon garlic shrimp is super delicious I ate all of them. Yes I love spicy, too, and I added more cayenne pepper for the extra kick.