Garlic Butter Shrimp
A gorgeously fragrant seafood dish — and it's delicious! Shrimp fried in garlic butter can be a full dinner served with fresh-baked bread, flatbread, or lavash. Or serve them as an appetizer when friends drop by. Either way, everyone will love the fantastic flavor and downright heavenly aroma!
Mya-cha
Recipe author
Garlic Butter Shrimp
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 59 %
17 g
Fats 34 %
10 g
Carbohydrates 7 %
2 g
164 kcal
GI:
100
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0
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- First things first: wash and peel the shrimp. Then peel the shallot and chop it very finely with a knife. Peel the garlic cloves and mince them finely too. Skip the garlic press — it would turn the garlic to mush as it cooks, and you don't want that here. Rinse the parsley sprigs under running water and blot them dry with paper towels, then lay the parsley on your work surface and chop it finely. Wash the lemon well with the scrubby side of a dish sponge and warm water to remove the wax coating that's often applied to citrus to extend shelf life. Squeeze out the amount of juice called for and grate off a little zest, being careful not to catch the bitter white pith underneath. You can use zest prepared ahead of time, but fresh is better.
- Set a large skillet over medium heat, add the butter, and melt it, warming the pan through. Add the chopped shallot and minced garlic, sprinkle with the ground red pepper, and cook together, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
- Add the shrimp, stir, and season everything with salt and ground black pepper. Cook together for 3–4 minutes, until the shrimp are done — they turn pink when ready. Don't overcook them, or they'll turn tough and dry instead of juicy, rich, and delicious.
- Add the finely chopped parsley and lemon zest to the pan and pour in the fresh lemon juice. Stir everything together, take it off the heat right away, and serve hot. Round out the dish with fresh bread for dipping into that delicious garlic butter.
- Enjoy — it's pure pleasure!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Canned shrimp - 81 kcal/100g
- Boiled shrimp - 95 kcal/100g
- Shrimps peeled frozen - 60 kcal/100g
- Fresh shrimp - 97 kcal/100g
- Garlic - 143 kcal/100g
- Ground black pepper - 255 kcal/100g
- Parsley greens - 45 kcal/100g
- Butter 82% - 734 kcal/100g
- Amateur unsalted butter - 709 kcal/100g
- Unsalted peasant butter - 661 kcal/100g
- Peasant salted butter - 652 kcal/100g
- Melted butter - 869 kcal/100g
- Shallots - 72 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Lemon juice - 16 kcal/100g
- Ground red pepper - 318 kcal/100g
- Lemon zest - 47 kcal/100g
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