Butter garlic shrimp: Simple, rich and ready in minutes
Juicy shrimp tossed in rich butter, fragrant garlic, chilli and a squeeze of lemon.
Butter garlic shrimp. Photo: Pexels
1 min read | Published: 12 Sep 2026
A quick seafood dish packed with buttery, garlicky and mildly spicy flavours.
Ingredients
- 500 g cleaned and deveined shrimp
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 6–8 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp paprika or Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander or parsley
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Serving suggestion
Serve hot with crusty garlic bread, steamed rice, or noodles.