Lemony Shrimp

3-4
Servings

5m
Prep Time

5m
Cook Time

10m
Ready In

Recipe: #26580

July 17, 2017

Categories: Dinner, Main Dish, Shellfish, Shrimp, Fruit, Lemon, North American, Easy/Beginner Cooking, One-Pot Meal, Quick Meals, Entertaining, Sunday Dinner, Weeknight Meals, Stove Top, Gluten-Free, Low Carbohydrate, No Eggs, Non-Dairy more

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recipe by:
Linky

"I wanted to have some shrimp with leftover pasta salad, so I came up with this. We liked it! Maybe you will, too!"

Original recipe yields 3-4 servings

Metric US

Ingredients

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1 lemon, whole
1 pound shrimp (peeled and deveined)
1 clove garlic, grated
2 tablespoons olive oil (extra-virgin)

Freshly ground black pepper,to taste
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (crumbled, optional)
Salt, to taste (I used herbed salt from Iceland - will use some crumbled oregano with this when I run out of fancy salt!)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (231.9 g)
Calories 209.3
Total Fat - 10.8 g
Saturated Fat - 1.4 g
Cholesterol - 190.4 mg
Sodium - 857.1 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 8.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
Sugars - 1.8 g
Protein - 21.4 g
Calcium - 104.5 mg
Iron - 0.9 mg
Vitamin C - 37.8 mg
Thiamin - 0.1 mg

Step 1

Put shrimp, grated garlic, oil, zest of the lemon, pepper and salt (and oregano if using) in a skillet on medium-high heat.

Step 2

Stir everything together, constantly watching and turning shrimp until they are all pink.

Step 3

Squeeze a bit of the lemon over shrimp before serving.

Tips & Variations

No special items needed.

Tags : Dinner Main Dish

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