Tina’s Buttered Garlic Shrimp
Garlic butter shrimp
The garlic butter shrimp recipe from my mom is already a treat for me and my siblings! When we were growing up, we simply steam shrimps with a little kosher salt over medium heat, and then we drizzle with cooking oil at the last minute of steaming. Ready to be served with rice and our favorite vegetables – either fresh vegetables, aka vegetable salad, or cooked mixed vegetables.
This steaming process is similar to the recipe we are sharing with you here. We are replacing cooking oil with unsalted butter and adding minced garlic and black pepper to the recipe and a drizzle of fresh lemon juice before serving and presto! A treat reinvented!
My Bestie Tina who claims that she does not know how to cook has a recipe here that I would share with you. Find out the extra ingredient!
Ingredients for garlic butter shrimp recipe
Let me enumerate the ingredients which I had already mentioned above here:
- Fresh shrimps
- unsalted butter (or olive oil)
- ground black pepper
- kosher salt
- minced fresh herbs
How to cook garlic butter shrimps
This is one of the easiest garlic butter shrimp recipes you would ever find. By readying all the ingredients, all you need to do is sautee them one by one over medium heat or medium-high heat in this order: butter, garlic, shrimps, salt, ground black pepper. Done. This takes about 15 minutes! Isn’t that easy?
In this photo below, I included some sliced tomatoes as another option. This is not necessary. However, my purpose was to add a little sauce to the dish, which my husband prefers.
Buttered Garlic Shrimp
Storing left-over garlic butter shrimp
Leftovers can be stored in a tight-lid container in the fridge for a few days. Reheat them in the microwave or a saucepan for a few minutes and serve as is. You can also transfer this dish in a Pyrex ware and heat in a conventional oven for about 10 minutes over medium heat.
Cooking tips for garlic butter shrimp recipe
- Serve with lemon wedges for an additional ting!
- Add minced fresh parsley or any fresh herbs. This not only serves as a good decoration, but it also adds a tease to the taste of your garlic butter shrimp.
- One idea in serving this shrimp dish: over pre-boiled and drained angel hair pasta for a complete meal. Yummy!
- If you are to use frozen shrimp for the recipe, buy the ones with tails intact.
- Usually, shrimps cook in less than 5 minutes. Big-size shrimps will require additional cooking time.
- If you prefer more garlicky shrimp, the best trick with fresh garlic is to minced them finer.
You may want to try MMK’s Shrimp Scampi recipe here. One level up for our dear shrimps!
Tina's Buttered Garlic Shrimp
Ingredients
- 300 g fresh shrimps cleaned (leave the heads and skin on)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 50 g butter
- 1 head garlic minced
- 1 medium-sized onion diced finely
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup Sprite (yes, the soda drink)
Instructions
- Sautee garlic and onion in olive oil. Add butter and mix quickly then add fresh shrimps followed by salt and black pepper. Leave to cook uncovered for less than a minute then add sprite slowly.
- Lower the heat to medium. Let boil until the shrimps are done; you may want to leave the pot uncovered.
