Browned Butter Honey Garlic Shrimp

Browned Butter Honey Garlic Shrimp
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Browned Butter Honey Garlic Shrimp

Karina, Cafe Delites
Within 15 minutes, NO MARINATING NECESSARY, you can serve a gourmet shrimp meal, pretty to look at and rich in flavor. Here pictured over Fried Brown Rice (see recipe).
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • wok or skillet

Ingredients
  

  • 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 4 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice - ½ lemon fresh squeezed
  • 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic - minced
  • 21 oz medium shrimp - peeled and deveined (tail on or off), pictured off.
  • salt - to season
  • lemon wedges - to serve
  • parsley - freshly chopped

Instructions
 

  • Heat butter in a nonstick pan, skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Melt, swirling pan and stirring occasionally for about 3 minutes, or until the foam settles; the butter begins to change in color to golden brown and has a nutty fragrance. (The milk solids in the butter cook and turn brown.)
  • Add the honey, lemon juice, soy sauce and garlic; stir well to combine all of the flavors together and cook for 30 seconds until the garlic is fragrant. Remove from heat. 
  • Pour out just over half of the browned butter from the pan (liquid only), leaving 2 tablespoons of the honey butter mixture in the pan, and reserve the rest for later.
  • Add half of the shrimp to the honey/butter in the pan; sear for about 2 minutes each side, or until just cooked through and no longer opaque. Transfer to a plate; set aside.
  • Wipe pan over with paper towel and add 2 more tablespoons of the honey/butter mixture to the pan. (You may need to add 1 teaspoon of olive oil or extra butter to the pan if your sauce has thickened too much.) Sear the remaining shrimp for 2 minutes each side, or until just cooked through and no longer opaque.
  • Add the cooked shrimp back into the pan, and pour in the remaining honey/butter sauce, stirring through the shrimp to evenly coat. Season with salt and pepper if desired and garnish with parsley.
  • Serve with steamed vegetables, over rice (shown with fried brown rice, see recipe) or with a salad
Keyword Asian, browned butter, dinner, garlic, honey, shrimp
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