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Great for dinner and on the table in a flash. So, when you are stressed for time and want to eat something great try it. Are you ready to learn how to make easy lemon garlic shrimp? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
To make the best garlic lemon shrimp you need a couple of ingredients. Put the following ingredients on your shopping list and have them ready when you start:
- Big shrimp – you can use fresh pink shrimp or you can use frozen
- Garlic – finely mince fresh garlic
- Lemon – shrimp, and lemon go well together and it adds freshness to the shrimp
- Onion – finely dice the onion
- Butter – you can use regular or plant-based butter
- Salt and pepper – season to taste
- White wine – it helps release all the baking bits from the pan and adds flavor. It is optional and you can use water instead
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Lemon Garlic Shrimp
- To make this lemon garlic prawn recipe start with finely chopping the onion and garlic. Set aside. Then clean the shrimp, first devein them, and then wash the prawns with cold water. Pat dry with kitchen paper and set aside as well.
- Preheat a skillet or pan to medium, high heat, and add a nob of butter when the butter has melted add the onion and sautee by stirring it around the pan.
- Keep stirring until the onion is soft and translucent. Then add the garlic and keep on stirring. This will take a couple of minutes. Now add the shrimp and continue stirring them in the pan.
- The gambas will rapidly change color and turn bright pink. This will also take no more than a couple of minutes. To finish it all off you can add some white wine and get all the baking bits from the bottom of the pan.
- If you do not like wine in your cooking just add some water that will do the trick as well. Finally, add a couple of slices of lemon and let it warm through.
- Your lemon garlic butter shrimp recipe is ready to serve.
A Super-Fast Shrimp Recipe
This is a very easy shrimp dish. Just like this shrimp and asparagus recipe, it is great for fast and easy weeknight dinners. Prawns are one of my favorite ingredients mainly because they are so fast to prepare.
Add them to a vegetable stir-fry or keto egg-fried rice. Give them some extra flavor with garlic, red peppers, or sweet soy sauce. If possible, try to devein as it doesn’t look appetizing if you see a black line on the back of the prawns.
Wash them in cold water and pat dry them before cooking or boiling. Never overcook because you will end up with rubbery shrimp.
Can You Make Garlic Shrimp Ahead?
Yes, you make these garlic shrimp ahead of time but why would you? This recipe is done in less than 10 minutes.
So, by the time you have taken out the shrimp to reheat, you could have made them fresh and they taste awesome as well.
How To Store Garlic Shrimp
There are several ways to store leftover garlic shrimp. Let them cool completely before you store them:
- Refrigerator – properly stored in an airtight food container or a bowl covered with plastic wrap can be stored for 2 or 3 days in the fridge.
- Freezer – if you want to store it long you can put the cooked shrimp in the freezer. Store it in an airtight food container
How To Reheat Lemon Garlic Shrimp
You have several ways to reheat garlic shrimp:
- Stove – you can reheat lemon garlic shrimp in a skillet. Heat them slowly and warm them through
- Oven – you can heat garlic shrimp in the oven. Preheat the oven to 300℉/150. Put them in a skillet or oven-safe bowl. Cover it with foil and heat for 10 minutes
- Air Fryer – Wrap the leftover shrimp in foil. Preheat the Air Fryer to 275℉/135℃ for 3 minutes. Put the shrimp in the Air Fryer
Serve Garlic Butter Shrimp With
You can serve these garlic butter shrimp with a lot of great side dishes, like:
- Tex Mex rice – a one-pot recipe that you can put together while you are preparing your prawns
- Mexican potatoes – these potatoes are super tasty and seasoned with some great taco seasoning
- Homemade crunchy taco shells – make corn tacos and bake crunchy in the oven
- Mexican street fries – another great oven-baked recipe also seasoned and then they turn into crispy fries
- Cilantro lime rice – easy to make in an Instant Pot and on the table in no time
More Shrimp And Prawn Recipes
If you love shrimp, we have some lovely recipes for you. Take a look at these recipes:
- Shrimp salad
- Easy prawn taquitos
- Asparagus and shrimp tacos
- Shrimp croquettes
- Cod and shrimp tacos
- Quick and easy shrimp tacos
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Lemon garlic shrimp
Lemon garlic shrimp are a great and tasty dish. Done in 15 minutes. An easy prawn recipe. Great for a fast weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 cup big shrimp
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 lemon
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 tablespoon butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup white wine (optional) or water
Instructions
- Finely chop the onion and garlic. Set aside
- Then clean the shrimp. First devein, then wash the prawns with cold water. Pat dry with kitchen paper and set aside as well
- Preheat skillet to medium-high heat. Add the butter when melted add the onion and stir until the onion is soft and translucent. Then add the garlic and keep on stirring. This will take a couple of minutes
- Add the shrimp and continue stirring them in the pan. They will rapidly change color and turn bright pink
- Then add the white wine or water to get all the baking bits from the bottom of the pan
- Now add a couple of slices of lemon and let it warm through
- Ready to serve.
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 226; Fat: 12g; Carbs: 6g; Protein: 12.5g;
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