Garlic butter shrimp is a quick, 20 minute keto shrimp recipe that tastes like it came from a fancy restaurant! Read the reviews – people are raving about this recipe!
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Everyone thinks that food bloggers must eat such fancy dinners every night.
They imagine all this 5 star restaurant quality food coming out of the kitchen for every meal and, well, I don’t want to shatter any illusions you may have, but ha. Hahahaha.
I love good food and I can certainly cook a delicious meal.
Also, I am lazy and I love Netflix and laying on the couch while my dog does her weird purr-growl thing at me while I rub her belly.
Sooooo, it’s not all fancy dinners all the time.
In fact, it’s very often easy dinners that take about 20 minutes to make. Netflix isn’t going to watch itself, you know?
Luckily, I’ve gotten really good at making a 20 minute dinner taste like it came from a fancy restaurant. This lemon garlic butter shrimp recipe is one of those recipes, my friends.
Low carb shrimp recipes are the best, because shrimp cooks so dang fast and easily. Our cilantro lime shrimp and creamy tuscan shrimp are a couple of other quick favorites!
Ingredient Notes:
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Shrimp – I like jumbo shrimp, but you can use any size. You’ll want to use either fresh shrimp, or frozen and thawed shrimp.
Garlic Butter Sauce – This savory garlic butter shrimp sauce is amazing – it’s just butter, garlic, lemon juice, and a bit of broth and red pepper flakes.
This recipe is ready in just 20 minutes from start to finish!
This dish is naturally low carb – no funky ingredients or weird swaps and everyone loves it, regardless of diet!
Check the reviews – this dish is made to impress guests and it does the job well!
Helpful Tools:
Cast Iron Skillet – A good cast iron skillet really does make a difference! They can get really hot, and they are perfect for frying things like shrimp, or bacon! Get yourself a nice large cast iron sized skillet so you have plenty of room.
Citrus Squeezer – This handy tool is made for squeezing lemons and limes! It cuts down on mess and you can be sure you’ll get every last drop of citrus out of the fresh fruit.
How To Make Garlic Butter Shrimp:
Shrimp – Heat up a skillet and add in some butter. Once the butter is melted, drop in your shrimp and cook, stirring occasionally, until the shrimp are cooked through. This should take about 5 minutes, depending on the size of your shrimp. You’ll know they’re done when they turn a pretty pink. Remove the shrimp to a plate and set aside.
Garlic – Drop some minced garlic into your hot pan and stir it around for about 30 seconds. Whisk in some chicken broth and let that reduce for a few minutes, stirring often. Once your chicken broth has reduced down, add some butter. This is going to make the sauce so rich and creamy.
Lemon – Squeeze in a bit of lemon and add a dash of red pepper. The amount called for won’t really give you a spicy garlic shrimp, but it does give it just a little kick. Add more or less depending on your tastes. You really can’t mess this up.
Mix – Finally, add your shrimp back into the sauce, give it a good stir, and add in some fresh parsley.
Serve –If you’d like to keep this low carb, but go the garlic butter shrimp pasta route (and why wouldn’t you want to do that?), the shrimp is so amazing served over zucchini noodles.
Just spiralize your zucchini, pat it down to remove any excess water, and then toss it in a hot pan with a little olive oil. Cook for about 2 minutes and then drizzle the zoodles with a little of this buttery garlic sauce and top with the shrimp!
FAQs:
Personally I’m not a big fan of leftover seafood(fresh is best!), but this garlic butter shrimp will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days if well sealed.
Shrimp is a nutritious protein that’s low in calories, high in protein, and packed with vitamins and minerals.
For more seafood, check out my lemon baked cod. And if you’re just really feeling the easy recipes, try these slow cooker chicken wings. They’re tossed in BBQ and you’ll never guess what my low carb BBQ sauce is made of. 🙂
Even More Keto Seafood Recipes:
- Keto Salmon Recipe
- Cajun Salmon Recipe
- Air Fryer Scallops
- Parmesan Crusted Cod
- Homemade Tartar Sauce
If you like this garlic butter shrimp recipe, let me know in the comment section below.
Garlic Butter Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 pound large raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- 6 tablespoons butter divided
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 5 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 cup chicken stock
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons minced parsley
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a large heavy bottomed skillet over medium heat.
- Add the shrimp to the skillet and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, for 4-5 minutes or until shrimp is cooked through.
- Remove shrimp to a plate and set aside.
- Add the garlic to the skillet and cook, stirring constantly, for 30 seconds.
- Add the chicken stock and whisk to combine. Simmer until stock has reduced by half about 5-10 minutes.
- Add the remaining 4 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, and red pepper to the sauce. Stir to melt the butter and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Remove from the heat and return the shrimp to the sauce. Sprinkle the parsley over the top and stir to combine.
- Serve immediately.
Marie Cappelli says
Made this recipe tonight. It was delicious
I am a big seafood fan.
I eat mostly fish
Please give us more seafood recipes
Thank You
Marie Cappelli
Nancy says
Made this tonight it was simple delicious
Kevin says
I didn’t have parsley or lemon, so I substituted with lime and cilantro. Amazing!!!
Penny Snyder says
Thank you for the Keto recipe. On my menus for the weekend after Thanksgiving. We will be tired of leftovers and this appears to easy breezy; perfect so I don’t have to stand in front of the stove for long. Plus I have everything I need to make it. PLease send more recipes so we can try them. After a while Keto gets boring. But very successful in losing weight.
Peggy says
This is a great recipe. My husband likes it so much , we had it twice this week.
mobasir hassan says
A must have recipe to share , delicious and healthy. You did a great piece of work , I have made it and all are extremely happy . Thank you .
abby says
D-E-V-I-N-E!!! What an excellent recipe and kudos on a great find!!! 5 star – restaurant quality!!!
Ayla says
What serving size do you use for this recipe?
Karly Campbell says
Hi there! This recipe serves 4.
Terry says
This is one of the tastiest shrimp dishes we’ve had. We’ve made it a number of times and have, on occasion, used fresh jalapeños instead of red pepper flakes and added mushrooms too, along with parmesan to thicken sauce. You can’t go wrong with this recipe. It’s so good – thanks for posting.
Renee Ann Butler says
This is by far the best recipe I have tried for garlic butter shrimp! Kudos !!
Mary says
Can you use frozen uncooked shrimp? Thanks so much!
Karly Campbell says
You’ll want to thaw the shrimp first.
Angela says
OMG, this is absolutely an amazing dish!!! The flavors are incredible, and it’s just so darn easy and quick. Thank you so much for sharing. I need to check out all your other recipes. Someone mentioned zucchini goulash in the comments. Sounds interesting.
Karly Campbell says
So glad you enjoyed! You can find the zucchini goulash here. Hope you like that one too! 🙂
Ronda says
This was so delicious! Served it with a side of roasted veggies and there were no leftovers. Thanks for sharing!
Denise Huebner says
This was so good and yet so easy!! I added baby spinach to it!! Delicious!!
Kathy Moore says
Excellent! Please keep these recipes coming. I made this for my husbands bday dinner last night alongside cheese tortellini and small salad. It was delish! love
the parsley added to the reduction. Thank you for an easy real food recipe. Next time will have the zoodles.
Kathy
Martha says
Thank you Karly. I just started the Keto Diet and I stumbled on your recipe. This is outstanding. Thank you for sharing.
Liz says
I made this tonight and it was awesome. What a simple fix for not over cooking the garlic, wish I had thought of it myself. I used extra chicken broth and tossed with angel hair. This will be my go to from now on – thanks!
Susan says
I/we enjoyed this recipe as well as many of the other recipes that you have posted. They ALL have been AMAZING! Thank you for showing us new ways to enjoy the “old favorites”! I look forward to seeing what you post next.
Karly Campbell says
Thanks so much, Susan! Glad you’re enjoying the recipes! 🙂
Sue A Wheeler says
Great recipe. Had my husband do the stirring on the stove. We’ll make this enough so he can become more proficient and Maybe do it all. Because it’s sooo good!! Thank you
Brandon says
Amazing great taste