Sautéed Shrimp in Lemon and Garlic Butter

I love lemon and garlic…. And butter.

Butter just binds it all together so nicely.

In this recipe I used all 3 in the shrimp and the rice.

And as long as I had the lemon, I thought a few slices finished it all off nicely.

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Sautéed Shrimp in Lemon and Garlic Butter

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Lemon, butter, & garlic flavor both the shrimp and the rice for this fresh-tasting dinner for two.
The shrimp will be done a minute or 2 before the rice – it’s quick!

• Author: Kate
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 2 servings 1x
• Category: Seafood

Ingredients

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• 12oz (360gr) shrimp, cleaned
• 4 – 5 cloves garlic, peeled, minced
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 2 tbs butter
• 2 tbs fresh lemon juice
• 2 tbs fresh, snipped parsley
• Rice:
• 1/2 cup (3.3oz, 95gr) Basmati rice
• 1 clove garlic, peeled, minced
• 2 tsp butter
• 1 cup (8oz, 250ml) chicken broth
• 1 tbs fresh lemon thyme
• 1 tbs lemon juice

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Instructions

• Rice:
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
• Add garlic and sauté briefly, 1 – 2 minutes.
• Add rice and sauté, stirring for 1 minute.
• Add broth, thyme and lemon juice.
• Cover and cook for length of time on package, usually 16 minutes.
• When done fluff with a fork.
• Shrimp:
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-low heat.
• Add paprika and sauté briefly.
• Add garlic and sauté until golden and tender, 5 – 7 minutes.
• Turn heat up to medium and add shrimp.
• Sauté until shrimp start to curl and turn opaque.
• Add lemon juice, parsley and heat through.
• To serve:
• Arrange rice on a small platter.
• Spoon shrimp and sauce on rice, garnish with lemon slices and serve.

Notes

I used 1 lemon for the fresh juice, but cut 2 slices off first to use as garnish.
If you don’t have lemon thyme, use regular thyme…. if you don’t have fresh thyme use 1 tsp dried.
Substitute 2 tsp dried parsley for the fresh.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1/2 recipe
• Calories: 477
• Sugar: 1.3 g
• Sodium: 672.7 mg
• Fat: 17 g
• Saturated Fat: 9.9 g
• Trans Fat: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 42.4 g
• Fiber: 1.3 g
• Protein: 39.2 g
• Cholesterol: 316.9 mg

Keywords: shrimp, lemon, garlic

Prefer pasta? Shrimp with Prosciutto, Garlic & Butter with Pasta.

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