Cooking Frozen Shrimp
Dinner from a bag of frozen shrimp — lemon garlic butter shrimp, Cajun shrimp and sausage, garlic butter shrimp pasta, shrimp tacos — for busy weeknights.
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dinnerSpicy Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
Disclaimer : I do not own this image. But I just wanted to share this easy recipe I learned before. I just currently do not have a photo of the dish. Enjoy!
Marie CabreraIngredients
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 1 lb Shrimp
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1tsp Pepper
- 3 cloves Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp Red Chili Flakes
- 1 tbsp Chopped Fresh Parsley
- 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- 1Melt butter in a pan over medium heat.
- 2Put shrimp on the pan and spread in a single layer. Sprinkle salt and Pepper on top, then cook until butter starts to turn dark brown.
- 3Flip the shrimp, add garlic and chili flakes and cook for about 15-30 seconds.
- 4Add the chopped parsley and lemon juice, cook until lemon juice is reduced down to a sauce.
- 5Remove from heat and serve. Enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →A Bag Of Shrimp Saves Weeknight Dinner
A bag of frozen shrimp in the freezer means you always have dinner. It thaws in about 10 minutes under cool water and cooks in 3 to 4, which is faster than almost anything else you can put on a plate.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights nothing got taken out to thaw, when everyone is hungry at 6 and the meat is still a brick.
Every recipe here starts with shrimp and ends on the table fast: Spicy Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp, Cajun Shrimp and Sausage with Garlic Sauce, Garlic Butter Shrimp with Pasta, Garlic Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry, and Shrimp Tacos with Creamy Cilantro Sauce.
Quick Tips
- 1
Thaw in cold water
Put frozen shrimp in a colander under cool running water for 5 to 10 minutes. Never use hot water or the edges turn rubbery before the center thaws.
- 2
Pat them bone dry
Blot thawed shrimp with paper towels before they hit the pan. Wet shrimp steam instead of searing and water will break a butter sauce.
- 3
Cook just 3 minutes
Shrimp are done when they curl into a loose C and turn pink, usually 90 seconds per side in a hot skillet. A tight O means they went too far.
- 4
Pull before the sauce
Take the shrimp out, finish the garlic butter or cream sauce, then stir them back in for the last 30 seconds so they stay tender.
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