Garlic Butter Shrimp

5 from 1 vote

Garlic butter shrimp is a tangy twist on Hawaiian-style garlic butter shrimp, with great garlic-citrus flavor and a crispy crunch.

Prep Time15

Cook Time15

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Author: Derek Wolf

Ingredients

1.5 lbs Shrimp peeled & deveined
1/4 cup Minced Garlic
2 tbsp All Purpose Flour
1/4 cup Smoked Garlic Jalapeno Lager Rub
6 tbsp Butter unsalted
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 medium Lemon juiced
Chopped Green Onions garnish

Instructions

Preheat a medium high heat fire (around 350F) for direct cooking. Add a cast iron skillet to the fire about 1 minute before cooking.
Pat your shrimp completely dry, then generously season with Smoked Garlic Jalapeno Lager Rub (or your favorite seafood rub) and your flour.
First, add your olive oil and butter to melt in the skillet. Next, add the minced garlic and let it brown for 90 seconds.
Add your shrimp in batches to the skillet (make sure to not overcrowd the pan) and cook for about 90 seconds on the first side. Flip the shrimp over.
Continue to cook the shrimp for another 1-2 minutes until fully done. When the shrimp are done, pull the whole skillet off the fire to cool.
Garnish the skillet with chopped green onions, lemon juice and crusted bread. Serve and enjoy!

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Notes

Fresh or Frozen Shrimp?

Here’s a little secret: the “fresh” shrimp you see at your local supermarket were most likely already frozen, then defrosted at the fish counter. When fisherman catch shrimp, they freeze them on the boats within a very short time of being out of the water. That move keeps that shrimp flavor from when they were caught. So, unless you’re sure the so-called fresh shrimp you’re seeing for our garlicky shrimp are right off the boat, you’re better off buying frozen shrimp.

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