Here’s a simple guide to cooking shrimp — versatile, quick, and delicious 🦐✨
Basic Garlic Butter Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Optional: ½ teaspoon paprika or red pepper flakes
- Optional garnish: chopped parsley or lemon wedges
Instructions
- Prep the shrimp
- Rinse and pat shrimp dry. Season lightly with salt, pepper, and optional paprika.
- Cook the shrimp
- Heat butter in a skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Add shrimp in a single layer. Cook 2–3 minutes per side until pink and opaque.
- Serve
- Garnish with chopped parsley or a squeeze of lemon.
- Serve as-is, over rice, pasta, or in tacos/salads.
Tips
- Shrimp cooks very fast — overcooking makes it rubbery.
- Use fresh or thawed shrimp for best texture.
- Can make a creamy shrimp pasta, shrimp stir-fry, or shrimp scampi with the same basic method.
If you want, I can give a list of 5 easy shrimp recipes you can make in under 30 minutes.
