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Crispy Grilled Shrimp (Prawns) with Lemon Butter Sauce
Recipe video above. Seasoned and CRISPY on the outside, juicy on the inside, drizzled with a simple-yet-incredible lemon butter sauce, you'll love the little crispy little golden garlic bits in the sauce! This is a recipe made for the BBQ, but works great on the stove too (Note 4).
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 15 min⏳ Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 10 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●saucepan
- ●stove
- ●bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preparation:
2
Brush BBQ grills with oil, then preheat on high until very hot.
3
If shrimp are small and might fall through grills, skewer them (use 2 skewers, Note 3)
4
Make Sauce:
5
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium high heat.
6
Add garlic and salt. Stir until garlic is LIGHT golden brown, then immediately remove from stove (residual heat will make garlic golden & crispy).
garlic (, very finely chopped (do not use mincer, Note 1))3 tspgarlic powder1 tsp
7
Stir through lemon.
lemon juice (, plus more to taste)1.5 tbsplemon juice (skip if using stove)1 tbsplemon (, halved, grilled if desired)1Lemon wedges or slices
8
Shrimp/Prawns (Stove: Note 4):
9
Pat shrimp dry with paper towels (to ensure crispiness!)
10
Just prior to cooking, place in bowl, sprinkle/drizzle over remaining ingredients. Toss gently to coat.
11
Working quickly, place shrimp on BBQ and cook each side for ⏱️ 2 minutes until golden and crusty.
12
Immediately remove shrimp onto serving plate.
13
Serving:
14
Drizzle over all the Lemon Garlic Butter, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately with fresh lemon.
lemon juice (, plus more to taste)1.5 tbsplemon juice (skip if using stove)1 tbsplemon (, halved, grilled if desired)1Lemon wedges or slicesgarlic (, very finely chopped (do not use mincer, Note 1))3 tspgarlic powder1 tsp
15
Crusty bread to mop up the crazy delish butter on the plate is essential!
Nutrition Facts
calories
339 kcal
fat Content
24 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
1 g
sodium Content
575 mg
protein Content
26 g
cholesterol Content
355 mg
carbohydrate Content
4 g
saturated Fat Content
10 g
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