Butter Garlic Prawn | Garlic Butter Shrimp
This Butter Garlic Prawn recipe is a favorite of mine! Oh yes, I am talking about the good dose of butter, a lot of garlic and a lot of fresh herbs, and for sure fresh prawns! This recipe just cannot go wrong!
Servings: 4 Portions
Calories: 318kcal
Cost: Rs 400
Ingredients
- 500 g Prawns or Shrimps (see recipe card for a few tips and more)
- 75 g Butter
- 20 cloves Garlic
- 60 g Fresh Parsley 1 cup
- 4 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
- 1 Tsp. Black Pepper
- 1 Tsp. Red Chili Flakes
- ½ Tsp. Salt
- ½ Tsp. Rock Salt
Instructions
- I prefer to use medium-sized prawns with the skin and tail on for this recipe. Check notes for further detail.
- Clean the prawns if they are not already.
- Now marinade the prawns with salt, black pepper, and also lemon juice for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make a mince of the garlic cloves.
- Finely chop parsley as well.
- Now heat ⅔ of the butter in a skillet.
- Add chopped garlic and fry those for a minute.
- Now add the marinated prawns and fry for 2 minutes.
- While adding the prawns do not add the liquid. Keep it for later use.
- Once fried, add chopped parsley, chili flakes, and rock salt and give a light mix and fry for a minute.
- Now add the liquid and on high heat fry for a minute.
- Lastly, add the remaining butter and mix it properly.
- Switch the flame off and serve the butter garlic Prawn after sprinkling some fresh parsley if you have those.
Notes
- Keep the cooking time 5-6 minutes in total after adding the prawns. Do not overcook prawns if you wish to eat buttery soft prawns.
- I prefer using prawns with the tail on (but deveined). This way I get some extra cooking time.
- In case you are using completely dressed prawns, cook till it changes color to light pink.
- For a low-calorie version, use olive oil instead of butter. Just don't call it butter garlic prawns then!
- You can use olive oil and butter in 1:1 proportion. I do that once in a while.
- I use salted butter for this recipe. If you plan to use unsalted butter, adjust the salt accordingly.
- Rock salt is completely optional and can be replaced with normal salt. I however, like the twist.
Nutrition
Serving: 150g | Calories: 318kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.8g | Protein: 30.3g | Fat: 17.8g | Saturated Fat: 10.5g | Cholesterol: 304mg | Sodium: 964mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 0.7g
