Quick Meals

Five-Minute Garlic Butter Shrimp

Name: Five-Minute Garlic Butter Shrimp
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 9 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Keto
Ingredients: 1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined; 3 tbsp butter; 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 1/4 tsp chili flakes; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 1 tbsp lemon juice; Salt and black pepper to taste

Dinner on the table before the kettle finishes boiling — a skillet, garlic, butter and shrimp.

Shrimp cooked in garlic butter with parsley in a hot skillet

3 minPrep

6 minCook

2Servings

340 kcalCalories

2 gNet carbs

30g / 23gProtein / fat

Ingredients

1 lb large shrimp, peeled and deveined
3 tbsp butter
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1/4 tsp chili flakes
2 tbsp chopped parsley
1 tbsp lemon juice
Salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

1
Pat the shrimp completely dry and season with salt and pepper.
2
Melt the butter in a wide skillet over medium-high heat and add the garlic and chili flakes for 30 seconds.
3
Add the shrimp in a single layer and cook 2 minutes without moving them.
4
Flip and cook 1–2 minutes more, until just opaque and curled.
5
Off the heat, stir through the lemon juice and parsley and serve immediately.