The hubs and I have been on a real shellfish kick as of late. I think it is because finally I convinced him to try a piece of lobster dripping with melted butter, and he hasn’t looked back. Ever since he had that mouth watering bite, he has been willing to try all shellfish. I am not complaining. I have always had a love for it.
I have always been intimidated when it comes to cooking shellfish. I have never cooked lobster or crab and I have always wanted to try cooking them, but it is such a finicky dish. At least for me anyway. I always feel that I will undercook or overcook shellfish and there is that fine line of being rubbery. And I am not a fan of that at all.
So I thought I would start out slow, and give shrimp a chance and see if I could make it at home, and feel like it tastes like it was cooked at a restaurant. I have tried making shrimp in the past, with less than desired results.
I wanted to try it again. I thought the first step is to find a good shrimp. I went to Whole Foods and asked the guy behind the fish counter what they use and what he suggested to buy. He steered me to some uncooked jumbo shrimp. He advised that if I bought the pre-cooked shrimp, I would be cooking it twice, and then it would be super rubbery. I didn’t even consider that, so I am glad I asked him.
This recipe is so easy, and literally can be on your table in 10-15 minutes. This is my favorite shrimp recipe, and crazy easy.
Ingredients
- 15-25 uncooked shelled or unshelled shrimp
- 1 lemon - sliced
- 1 stick butter
- Cajun or Italian Seasoning
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 350
- If your shrimp is frozen, place your shrimp in a bowl of cold water until thawed. This will take about 30 minutes. Dry each shrimp on a paper towel.
- Melt the stick of butter in the oven until completely melted.
- Take pan with melted butter out of the oven and place lemon slices on top of the butter and layer the pan.
- Sprinkle your seasoning on top of the shrimp.
- Layer your shrimp on the lemon slices and butter. If you desire, spoon some of the melted butter on top of the shrimp.
- Bake in the oven for 10-13 minutes, or until your shrimp has turned pink.
- You can use shelled or unshelled shrimp. I used unshelled shrimp and it was great.
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Where’s the garlic as indicated in the name of the recipe?
The name doesn’t have garlic, it is cajun lemon shrimp, However, you can always sprinkle on some garlic powder for some extra flavor!
It actually does say Lemon Garlic Shrimp….
Oops, wonder why the recipe app did that. Thanks for pointing out.
Looks great! I think I’m going too try that today !
Everything she said about this dish is true! Super easy to make and absolutely delicious! I couldn’t stop eating it. Was a total hit!
Thank you for sharing!