Shrimp in Lemon Butter Sauce
The sweetness of shrimp is balanced with a tangy lemon butter sauce. Cooking this delicious shrimp in lemon butter sauce goes by quickly, in less than 10 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 lbs Shrimp
- 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 Lemon
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cup Chopped Parsley leaves
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat up the 1/4 cup of butter on medium heat. Once butter is melted, add in the chopped garlic. Let it cook for 1 minute until fragrant.
- Pour in the red pepper before adding in the shrimp. Sprinkle salt into the pan. Stir
- Cook until shrimp is mostly pink. This should take about 4-6 minutes. Stir if necessary to get shrimp cooking evenly.
- Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon and then stir. Cook for another minute until shrimp is fully cooked.
- Transfer shrimp into a plate and sprinkle on the parsley leaves. Serve with the other half of the lemon.