A quick and simple recipe to prepare that tastes great; tweak the spices as necessary. Serve alone or with spaghetti.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 drizzle olive oil
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon lemon-pepper seasoning, or to taste
- ½ medium lemon, zested
- ½ cup unsalted butter, sliced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- Place shrimp in a single layer in a glass baking dish. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with lemon juice, garlic, lemon-pepper, and lemon zest. Top with slices of butter. Sprinkle parsley on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until shrimp are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, 5 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 202 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 203 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 374 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
A lemony twist to scampi. We LOVED this! Cook time for us with extra large shrimp was 8 min. Other than that? Didn’t change a thing. Totally plan to make again! So simple and yet, so delicious! Thank you for sharing this!
My husband and I both loved this dish! Very easy to make and so delicious!