Description
This is a great appetizer or a meal for two. You can eat it with our without pasta.
Ingredients
Scale
- 10–12 medium-large sized shrimp peeled and deveined, leaving the tails on (we used Gulf Coast Pink Shrimp)
- Salt and pepper
- 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large garlic clove – diced tiny
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Splash or white wine
- 1/4 + 1 TBS butter (I like to use salted butter for this)
- 1/2 lemon – quartered for garnish
Instructions
- Pat both sides of the shrimp with a paper towel to dry.
- Lightly salt and pepper both sides.
- In a stove top pan, heat the olive oil on medium high for about 3 minutes.
- Add shrimp and cook for 3 minutes on one side.
- Turn shrimp and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Remove shrimp from pan and set aside.
- Using wine, deglaze the pan and add the butter.
- When the butter is melted, add the garlic and cook for about 2-3 minutes, making sure the garlic does not burn.
- Add the shrimp back to the pan and cook for another 3 -4 minutes.
- Serve with lemon slice garnish.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Healthy
- Cuisine: Seafood