If you are looking for a simple Lemon Garlic Shrimp recipe, this is the best recipe you can find. With so much flavor and simply delicious, this lemon garlic butter shrimp is a healthy choice that no one would ever guess is healthy.
And the best part of this meal is that it is ready in just under 15 minutes.
Lemon Garlic Shrimp
It doesn’t get much easier than this! This versatile main course goes from the refrigerator to the dinner table in less than 15 minutes. The classic flavors of this dish go with just about any side dish you choose.
What to Serve with Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp
- You can choose to make this a lemon garlic shrimp pasta recipe but tossing the shrimp together in the pan with the butter and adding cooked pasta. This will create a lemon garlic shrimp pasta recipe that your family will love.
- Serve this garlic lemon butter shrimp with the Best Roasted Vegetables Ever.
- Serve with a side of couscous, cooked quinoa, or brown rice.
- If you wanted to serve these garlic lemon butter shrimp as a low carb meal, pair it with steamed vegetables or a side salad.
How to Reheat Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp
If you find that you have leftover of these lemon garlic butter shrimp, you can reheat them in a skillet on the stove top, in the oven or in the microwave. However, be careful in the microwave so that the shrimp do not become hard and unappealing.
How Many Weight Watchers Points in Lemon Garlic Shrimp
Since I want to be able to use butter in this recipe, I am using lite butter. This gives all the flavor with less points.
- Blue– When you make this recipe for Lemon Garlic Shrimp on the Blue plan, it comes out to 2 Weight Watchers Points each.
- Purple – When you make this recipe for Lemon Garlic Shrimp on the Purple plan, it comes out to 2 Weight Watchers Points each.
- Green– When you make this recipe for Lemon Garlic Shrimp on the Green plan, it comes out to 3 Weight Watchers Points each.
With the new personal points plan from WW, your points might be different than mine. In that case, here is the direct link to the recipe in the WW recipe builder app. You can see how many points lemon shrimp are for you. This only works for WW members in the US. If you are outside of the US, you will need to enter it manually.
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Ingredients in Lemon Garlic Shrimp Recipe
- Unsalted lite butter
- Garlic
- Jumbo shrimp
- Organic lemon
- Cumin
- Salt and pepper
- Parsley leaves
How to Make Lemon Garlic Shrimp
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add shrimp to skillet and cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until shrimp starts to turn pink.
Add lemon zest, lemon juice, and ground cumin to the skillet and stir to combine thoroughly. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and remove from heat.
Spoon shrimp mixture over a bed of cooked quinoa, brown rice, or your favorite gluten-free pasta. Drizzle some pan juices over each serving and garnish with fresh chopped parsley, if desired. Serve immediately and enjoy!
Lemon Garlic Shrimp
Ingredients
- 2 T. unsalted butter
- 1 T. garlic finely minced
- 1 lb. Jumbo shrimp 10/15 ct., peeled, deveined, and tail removed
- 1 large organic lemon zest and juice
- 1 T. ground cumin
- Optional:
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Fresh parsley leaves chopped
Directions
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 1-2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add shrimp to skillet and cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until shrimp starts to turn pink.
- Add lemon zest, lemon juice, and ground cumin to the skillet and stir to combine thoroughly. Season with salt and black pepper, to taste, and remove from heat.
- Spoon shrimp mixture over a bed of cooked quinoa, brown rice, or your favorite gluten-free pasta. Drizzle some pan juices over each serving and garnish with fresh chopped parsley, if desired. Serve immediately and enjoy!
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