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20 Minute Meals

Garlic Butter Shrimp

By Rachael | Updated on August 8, 2020

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Garlic Butter Shrimp:

A sautéed shrimp cooked in a garlic butter sauce, making a simple, elegant meal. Great for summer entertaining!

Serve with rice pilaf, roasted broccoli, and a summery dessert like lemon bars.

Plates of Garlic Butter Shrimp

Summer entertaining just got better with a big platter of sautéed garlic butter shrimp. I mean, who doesn’t love buttered shrimp? This delicious shrimp is cooked in a simple garlic butter sauce made with lemon juice and white cooking wine. They are cooked until just pinked through, and topped with fresh parsley and lemon slices. This fresh, flavorful, main dish is delectable, easy, and a great for al fresco dining. 

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This Garlic Butter Shrimp, is not only tasty, it is quick and simple to make. In under 15 minutes you can have a pan full of delicious shrimp ready to serve to your hungry guests. And serving shrimp with garlic sauce is a total win! There is just something perfect about the flavor of shrimp with butter and garlic. I have been eating it this way my whole life, and will never stop!

Garlic butter shrimp with fresh parsley and lemon

How to cook shrimp

It is easy to over-cook shrimp if you are not careful. When properly cooked, your shirmp will have a pink exterior. The flesh should still be slightly opaque, and a little white in color. And, they should not be rolling in on themselves too much. If the tails start to curl in a bunch, or the flesh gets too white, they may be overcooked.

The good news is, even slightly overcooked shrimp is delicious.

A large platter of garlic butter shrimp

Tip: When cooking shrimp it is wise to have your sauce ingredients already measured out and ready to go so you do not accidentally overcook the shrimp while preparing the other elements of the dish. Shrimp cook quickly, which is why they are so great for summer entertaining. You can start them when your guests arrive, and no one will have to wait long to eat.

I prefer to saute my shrimp, or grill them. For this recipe, you saute because it is the quickest, and easiest way to make a lot in little time.

Garlic Butter Shrimp Serving Suggestions

  • Main or Appetizer: While I personally love this garlicky buttered shrimp as a main dish served with some rice pilaf and a big old salad, it also makes an excellent party appetizer. Serve with toothpicks! A large platter of this shrimp always goes over well with a crowd.
  • Paired perfectly with Pure Leaf Sweet Iced Tea. – Sweet tea always makes me think of country songs and summer nights. Sweet tea and summer just go hand in hand, especially when paired with plump, succulent shrimp. But of course, only if you use a really good, premium sweet tea. I love Pure Leaf Iced Tea because it tastes so fresh! I just buy a big bottle from Walmart, and pull it out when I am entertaining. It is smooth, and delicious, great for summer entertaining. The perfect pairing, and no work for me!
  • Serve with  green salad, rice pilaf, and watermelon for a complete meal that is both simple and flavorful. Enticing your guests to sit and enjoy themselves is easy with Garlic Butter Shrimp and Pure Leaf Sweet Iced Tea.

Other Great Summer Entertaining Recipes

  • Mango Black Tea Lemonade
  • Easy Greek Pasta Salad
  • Raspberry Cheesecake Trifle
Garlic butter shrimp with fresh parsley and lemon

Garlic Butter Shrimp

This garlic butter shrimp is refreshingly quick to make and still mouth watering delicious. 
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: garlic butter shrimp, garlic butter shrimp recipe
Prep Time: 2 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 8 minutes minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 441kcal
Author: Rachael

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 Tbs minced garlic
  • 2 lbs shrimp peeled and deveined
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 Tbs lemon juice
  • 2 Tbs white cooking wine
  • Fresh chopped parsley

Instructions

  • Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add the garlic and cook 1 minute
  • Season shrimp with salt and pepper, and add to pan with butter.
  • Cook until starting to turn pink, then add cooking wine, and flip and cook other side until pink (about 2 minutes per side).
  • Once pink on both sides, sprinkle with lemon juice.
  • Take off heat. Taste, and adjust seasoning to preference.
  • Garnish with fresh chopped parsley. Enjoy!
  • Pairs perfectly with Pure Leaf® Sweet Iced Tea!  

Nutrition

Calories: 441kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 632mg | Sodium: 1965mg | Potassium: 181mg | Vitamin A: 710IU | Vitamin C: 12.8mg | Calcium: 339mg | Iron: 4.8mg

Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.

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  1. Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen says

    June 12, 2018 at 1:30 pm

    Love how quick and flavorful this recipe is! Score!

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      June 13, 2018 at 10:32 am

      Thank you! it is a go to for busy days

      Reply
  2. Liz Della Croce says

    June 14, 2018 at 7:44 am

    This is the perfect summer dish!

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    • Rachael says

      June 19, 2018 at 11:35 pm

      Thank you Liz, we love it for summer, but I have to confess we eat it all year round.

      Reply
  3. Crystal Faulkner says

    June 14, 2018 at 4:24 pm

    Such a cute summer meal!

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    • Rachael says

      June 19, 2018 at 11:34 pm

      Thanks so much. I love it for summer!

      Reply
  4. Megan @ MegUnprocessed says

    June 15, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    Garlic butter makes everything better!  

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      June 19, 2018 at 11:33 pm

      Seriously, it does make everything better.

      Reply
  5. Carolyn says

    June 15, 2018 at 6:47 pm

    This sounds delicious! Can’t wait to try making it!

    Reply
  6. Carolyn says

    June 15, 2018 at 6:49 pm

    I love all these flavors together! I’m craving this already!

    Reply
    • Rachael says

      June 19, 2018 at 11:33 pm

      Thank you! It is delicious, I hope you love it as much as we do.

      Reply
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