Creamy Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
Creamy Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp are coated in a rich sauce that is bursting with lemon flavor. This show stopper shrimp dish can be made in under 20 minutes!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, divided
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 pounds large shrimp, peeled (tails left on) and deveined
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cajun seasoning
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat in a large skillet.Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute.
- Add shrimp, salt, pepper, and cajun seasoning and cook until shrimp are mostly pink. (They will cook more later so they don't need to be all the way cooked.)
- Remove shrimp from skillet and set aside. Add lemon juice to skillet and cook until reduced a little.
- Add heavy cream and stir to mix it into the lemon juice. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 to 4 minutes to thicken it some. Turn heat down a little. Cut the remaining butter into slivers and stir it into the sauce until melted.
- Return shrimp to skillet. Add parsley. Stir shrimp into sauce and cook until shrimp are cooked through.
Nutrition
Calories: 395kcal