This marinated and grilled shrimp recipe is topped with a thick and tangy lemon butter sauce with garlic, capers, and white wine. Garnish grilled shrimp with lemon butter sauce with chopped parsley.
Get ready to lick your finger! Serve grilled lemon shrimp over grilled romaine or your favorite salad.
Don't have a grill? Pan fry the shrimp in the marinade instead of melting it for the marinade for grilling. And then top with the lemon butter sauce.
Don't like peeling and deveining shrimp? Buy them fresh already peeled and deveined. Or buy them frozen and defrost before using. That will make this shrimp dish uber easy and fast.
Grill or Pan Fry Shrimp Undisturbed
Don't mess with the shrimp while they're cooking on the first side. DON'T MESS WITH THEM!
They need time to create the fond (browned bits) on the shrimp and in the pan or grill.
If you are gonna peek, start by looking at one shrimp and leave the others alone.
TIP: The second side will cook faster than the first side.
Grilled Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce
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This marinated and grilled shrimp recipe is topped with a thick and tangy lemon butter sauce with garlic, capers, and white wine. Garnish grilled shrimp with chopped fresh parsley.
- Prep Time: 40 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 5
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Grill / Oven
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten Free, Keto, Low Fat, Low-Carb, Paleo, Pescatarian
Ingredients
Ingredient List Shrimp:
- 2 lb large wild caught shrimp, peel left on, deveined
- 3 tablespoon melted unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
Ingredient List Lemon Sauce:
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup shallot, diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1 large lemon, thinly sliced
- 1 ½ tablespoon capers, drained
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ cup white wine
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup parsley, finely chopped as garnish
Instructions
Marinate the shrimp:
- Marinate deveined
shrimp for 20 minutes with all ingredients listed for the shrimp.
Make the Lemon Butter Sauce:
- Bring a small pan to medium high heat on the stovetop and add the butter. Add shallots when butter is melted and cook ~ 3-4 minutes or until translucent.
- Add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
- Add sliced lemon, capers, bay leaf, white wine, and salt.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and cook ~ 10-15 minutes (or until lemon is soft), stirring occasionally. This mixture will reduce and thicken over the low heat.
- Heat a grill to medium high (~375F). Grill shrimp covered ~ 2 minutes on one side. Flip and cook an additional 1-2 minutes or until opaque and cooked through in the middle.
- Top grilled shrimp with lemon butter sauce.
- Garnish with parsley and salt to taste. Happy Eating - Beckie
Notes
- Don't have a grill? Pan fry the shrimp with the marinade ingredients instead and add cooked sauce over the top.
Serving Suggestion
Serve grilled shrimp with lemon butter sauce with a salad, add a grilled vegetable as a side, and / or grilled fruit as a dessert.
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