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Baked Shrimp (with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce)
5 from 165 votes

Baked Shrimp (with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce)

This Baked Shrimp recipe features peeled and deveined shrimp coated in a garlic lemon butter sauce, then baked until pink and opaque. The sauce combines melted butter, minced garlic, fresh lemon juice, and optional red pepper flakes for a delicate balance of rich, bright, and mildly spicy flavors. Finished with fresh parsley, the dish offers a tender, juicy texture and a simple yet flavorful preparation well suited for a quick dinner or appetizer.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
22 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lbs Shrimp peeled and deveined, extra large
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 Tbsp garlic 3 cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice fresh
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes or to taste (optional
  • 2 Tbsp parsley fresh, minced

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place shrimp in baking dish.
  2. Melt butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds. Alternately melt butter with garlic in a small microwave safe dish in microwave. Stir lemon into butter mixture.
  3. Pour butter mixture over shrimp in baking dish, season with salt and pepper and red pepper flakes, toss shrimp then spread into an even layer.
  4. Bake in preheated oven until shrimp are cooked through (pink and opaque) about 9 - 13 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and serve warm, spooning sauce over shrimp.