Garlic Shrimp Skillet
Shrimp seared in garlic, lemon, and a little butter — a thirty-gram-protein dinner ready in twelve minutes.
Ingredients
- 400 g Shrimp
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 20 g Butter
- 1 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 Lemon (optional)
- 3 tbsp Parsley (optional)
- ½ tsp Red pepper flakes (optional)
Method
- Pat the shrimp dry and season them with the salt; mince the garlic.
- Sear the shrimp in the hot oil over high heat for about a minute a side, until just pink and opaque, then scoop them out.
- Lower the heat, melt the butter with the garlic and chili flakes until fragrant, then return the shrimp and squeeze in the lemon.
- Scatter the parsley over and serve at once.
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About Garlic Shrimp Skillet
Garlic shrimp skillet is a Mediterranean-leaning one-pan dinner in the spirit of Spanish gambas al ajillo — shrimp cooked fast in garlic, olive oil, and butter with a hit of lemon and chili. The whole thing lives or dies on not overcooking the shrimp, which is why they are seared hard for barely a minute a side and pulled from the pan before the garlic goes in, so the garlic can gently perfume the fat without scorching and the shrimp finish tender rather than rubbery.
The result is bright and a little rich, the sweetness of the shrimp lifted by lemon, warmed by butter, and given a low background heat from red pepper flakes, with parsley for freshness. It is the kind of dish you eat straight from the skillet with crusty bread to mop the garlicky oil, or spoon over rice or greens. What makes this version worth cooking is the numbers: around thirty grams of protein on the plate and a real dinner on the table in about twelve minutes, without sacrificing the browning and lemon-butter balance that make garlic shrimp so good.
Garlic Shrimp Skillet: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Garlic Shrimp Skillet?
A serving has about 323 calories — 41.4g protein, 4.2g carbs, 16.3g fat, 0.9g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is it high in protein?
Each serving has about 41.4g of protein, roughly 51% of its calories.
Is Garlic Shrimp Skillet gluten-free?
Based on its ingredients, Garlic Shrimp Skillet has no gluten-containing components, so it's naturally gluten-free — as always, check that any packaged ingredients you use are certified gluten-free to be safe.
Is Garlic Shrimp Skillet dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter. Swapping it for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
Do I need every ingredient to make Garlic Shrimp Skillet?
The core ingredients are essential, but you can leave out lemon, parsley, red pepper flakes — they're optional and mainly there for extra flavor or finish.
How many servings does Garlic Shrimp Skillet make?
This recipe makes 2 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.