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Restaurant-Style Shrimp Recipes at Home (2025)

Recreate the unforgettable flavors of restaurant-quality shrimp dishes in your own kitchen. This recipe brings the taste of the seaside to your table, perfect for impressing guests or enjoying a delicious, healthy meal.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Seafood
Calories: 196
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • to taste salt
  • 6 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • 0.25 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon caper brine
  • 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into 4 equal pieces, divided
  • 0.33 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, divided
  • 1 teaspoon water or as needed

Equipment

  • Skillet
  • bowl
  • Slotted spoon

Method
 

  1. Gather all ingredients.
  2. Heat olive oil in a skillet over high heat until it just begins to smoke. Place shrimp in an even layer and cook for 1 minute without stirring.
  3. Season shrimp with salt; cook and stir until shrimp begin to turn pink, about 1 minute.
  4. Add garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir for 1 minute.
  5. Stir in lemon juice, caper brine, 1 piece of butter, and 1/2 of the parsley; cook until butter has melted, about 1 minute.
  6. Reduce heat to low and stir in remaining 3 pieces butter. Cook and stir until butter has melted, sauce is thick, and shrimp are pink and opaque, 2 to 3 minutes.
  7. Remove shrimp with a slotted spoon and transfer to a bowl; continue to cook butter sauce, adding water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if too thick, about 2 minutes.
  8. Season with salt to taste; serve shrimp topped with the pan sauce and remaining parsley.

Nutrition

Calories: 196kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 19gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 188mgSodium: 244mgPotassium: 226mgVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 53mgIron: 3mg

Notes

This recipe is inspired by the unforgettable flavors of seaside restaurants, bringing a touch of that experience into your home kitchen. Enjoy the fresh, briny taste of perfectly cooked shrimp with a simple yet delicious garlic-herb sauce.

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