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This garlic butter shrimp features plump and juicy shrimp packed with fresh flavors and ready in just 10 minutes! Quick and delicious shrimp with a simple garlic butter sauce is proof that it doesn’t take much to make a darn good recipe in minutes!
Garlic butter shrimp with lemon and herbs is a seafood recipe filled with perfectly bright and fresh flavors. Garlic + butter has always been my favorite combination for seafood – actually, for ALL FOOD – but it’s especially wonderful over shrimp. Have you tried my garlic butter shrimp and rice, yet? Please DO.
SO easy to throw together, this shrimp coated in the best lemon garlic butter sauce is a simple recipe guaranteed to impress! If you want an oven method for a similar dish, get my recipe for lemon garlic shrimp packets.
How To Make Garlic Butter Shrimp
Thus, with the best flavors and quickest prep time, this shrimp recipe is an easy appetizer, lunch, dinner, etc, that comes together quickly and can be served over anything. Or, over nothing! Just you, the skillet with shrimp, and a fork. Happy times. 🍤
- Cook the shrimp. Start with melting some butter, then add minced garlic and raw, deveined shrimp. Season the shrimp with salt, pepper, and sweet paprika; cook for 1 minute per side.
- Add butter, lemon, and herbs. When the shrimp start to turn pink, add butter, lemon juice, and herbs. I prefer fresh thyme or fresh basil and parsley, but you can use whatever fresh herbs you like.
- Remove from heat. Cook shrimp until it is completely pink and opaque, and there are no more grey or bluish bits. When the shrimp are completely pink, they are cooked through. DO NOT overcook. If cooked for too long, they will turn rubbery, and that’s definitely not a good thing. All in all, shrimp only need about 3 to 4 minutes to cook.
- Taste and serve. Taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly. I ALWAYS add more lemon juice. It’s never enough. 🤷♀️
Recipe Tips
- Use fresh ingredients; fresh shrimp, fresh lemon juice, and fresh herbs.
- Buy shrimp that’s already been shelled and deveined.
- Prep all your ingredients before you start because this recipe comes together really fast.
Serving Suggestions
You can serve the shrimp over spiralized zucchini or pasta. You’d love my garlic butter shrimp pasta recipe – it’s done in about 30 minutes! This mushroom rice is also a great option, or you can serve the shrimp with roasted vegetables and a side salad.
More Shrimp Recipes
- Lemon Shrimp and Spinach with Spaghetti
- Creamy Lemon Shrimp Pasta
- Easy Garlic Shrimp with Bacon
- Spicy Garlic Shrimp and Tomatoes Sauté
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Lemon Herb Garlic Butter Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1.5 to 2 pounds fresh jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, tail left ON
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs
Instructions
- Prep. Using paper towels, pat dry the shrimp thoroughly; set aside.
- Make the garlic butter sauce. Set a large skillet over medium-high heat and melt 3 tablespoons of butter. Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Cook the shrimp. Add the shrimp; season them with salt, pepper, and paprika and cook for 1 minute per side.
- Add the rest of the ingredients. Add the remaining butter, lemon juice, and fresh herbs; stir and cook for 1 more minute, or until the butter is melted and the shrimp is completely pink and opaque.
- Serve. Remove the shrimp from the heat; taste for seasonings and adjust accordingly, and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional info is an estimate and provided as courtesy. Values may vary according to the ingredients and tools used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed info.
What herbs were used with this recipe?
fresh thyme or fresh basil and parsley she says in the beginning
I made this last night and it was fantastic! I love the flavor and how simple and quick they were o the table. I served it with a bed of pasta and it was divine!
This couldn’t look any more perfect!