Cilantro Lime Shrimp
"Recipe from acouplecooks.com. Sounds delish! This is what they say: This cilantro lime shrimp is a healthy, easy dinner recipe that takes just 10 minutes! Serve with rice, in tacos, or as a Mexican-style salad topping."
Original is 4 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (246 g)
- Calories 167.9
- Total Fat - 7.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.8 g
- Cholesterol - 158.1 mg
- Sodium - 841.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 12.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.9 g
- Sugars - 2.2 g
- Protein - 16.3 g
- Calcium - 85.8 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 38.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Thaw the shrimp.
Step 2
Mince the garlic.
Step 3
Pat the shrimp dry.
Step 4
In a medium bowl, mix the shrimp with the garlic, cumin, cayenne, and salt.
Step 5
In a large skillet, heat the butter or olive oil on medium high heat. Cook the shrimp for 1 to 2 minutes per side until opaque and cooked through, turning them with tongs.
Step 6
Spritz with lime juice and stir in the lime zest and chopped cilantro. Serve immediately.
Tips
No special items needed.