Grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp
The lemon garlic butter sauce is simply perfect! Pair with a glass of wine and crusty bread for the best 30 min meal ever!
Why does grilled food taste better?
Is it because we grew up roasting marshmallows, and then picking off the charred off bits, which were clearly the best parts?
Because that’s exactly what’s happening here.
The charred, smoky, grilled shrimp is just so much better than stovetop shrimp!
Maybe it’s the grill marks. Or maybe it’s the garlicky, lemon butter sauce.
Or maybe it’s the wine or the crusty bread to soak up that garlicky goodness.
I simply don’t know.
Grilled Garlic Butter Shrimp
The lemon garlic butter sauce is simply perfect! Pair with a glass of wine and crusty bread for the best 30 min meal ever!
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 shallot, minced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or more, to taste
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 ½ pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 lemons, halved
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Melt butter in a small skillet over medium heat. Stir in shallot, garlic and red pepper flakes until fragrant, about 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Thread shrimp onto skewers; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Brush with 2 tablespoons butter mixture.
- Preheat grill to medium high heat.
- Add skewers to grill, and cook, turning occasionally, until the shrimp are pink and opaque, about 3-4 minutes. Add lemons to grill, cut side down, during the last 2 minutes of cooking time.
- Serve immediately, drizzled with remaining butter mixture, garnished with lemons and parsley, if desired.
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nice looking new logo by the way! thank you for this one too, yep grilled shrimp works! I always forget about grilling anything other than beef or chicken so thank you for the reminder!
I made this for lunch today, my wife and I absolutely loved !!!!!!, great recipe and quick too!!!!
So happy to hear it! Thanks for sharing.
Wait, this a recipe for lemon butter shrimp and there’s no lemon juice or zest in the sauce? The lemons are simply a garnish. Something is wrong with this, why not call it garlic butter shrimp to be more accurate?
Kristen, please refer to the title of this recipe. It is titled “garlic butter shrimp” and is served with grilled lemon halves. 🙂
Right you are in the title, but in reading the fine print it talks about a lemon garlic butter sauce that is non existent as far as lemon goes other than as a garnish.
The lemons used as garnish can be squeezed into the sauce or right on top of the shrimp as desired. Let’s please remember that this is a food blog where we get really creative and have fun spreading love through food, and where we’d hope that we don’t have to argue over fine print of the use of lemon juice. We really hope you can enjoy this recipe and make it your own! #spreadkindness
Just wanted to clarify on the use of the lemons. It states to grill them and “garnish” with after grilling. Did you squeeze the grilled lemon juice into the reserved sauce? or just squeeze over the finished shrimp? I’m just curious, because in the description it reads as “a lemon garlic butter sauce”?
I love your recipes and am planning to make this tomorrow night 🙂
You can squeeze the lemon juice right into the sauce or right onto the shrimp – either works!
How much ingredient do I need for 10 lbs of shrimp
Meurene, the recipe calls for 1 1/2 pounds shrimp so you can multiply the ingredients by 6.67. Hope that helps!
This shrimp looks amazing!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
it looks really yummy. Will surely try this.
I can’t wait to try this Recipe (that jus’ my heart doing her Happy Dance in Preparation .
Let us know how you like it!
This was awesome! Will be making this again and again. Might even try it on pasta. Thanks for the recipe!
That’s so great!
This looks freakin mouthwatering good. My family and I love anything shrimp. We will make this Friday for dinner. Thanks for sharing.
nice looking new logo by the way! thank you for this one too, yep grilled shrimp works! I always forget about grilling anything other than beef or chicken so thank you for the reminder!