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Garlic Butter Shrimp

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Garlic Butter Shrimp is a super easy dish
to make. This recipe shows how to cook
this beloved dish the Filipino way. I like
how it turned out. The dish is rich and
flavorful. I enjoyed eating it with newly
cooked white rice. The use of shrimp with
scales and head make this unique from…
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Garlic Butter Shrimp is a super easy dish

to make. This recipe shows how to cook
this beloved dish the Filipino way. I like
how it turned out. The dish is rich and
flavorful. I enjoyed eating it with newly
cooked white rice.

The use of shrimp with scales and head

make this unique from other versions.
People who are used to buy frozen shrimp
from the supermarket might find this
uncommon. Cooking shrimp in this form is
actually a common practice in some Asian
countries, including the Philippines.
Dishes such as Sinignag na Hipon,
Halabas na Hipon, and Nilasing na Hipon
uses cleaned fresh shrimp with head and
shell. I personally like shrimp in this form
because it is tastier. You’ll find most of the
flavors concentrated below the head.

Garlic butter shrimp with

lemom lime soda
Let me talk a little about the composition
of this dish. It is simply made of Shrimp,
garlic, butter, and lemon soda. Don’t take
the lemon soda for granted because it is a
major ingredient. It refers to soda pop
such as Sprite, 7Up, Sierra Mist, and the
likes. The sweet taste of this dish is
attributed to this ingredient. It also blends
well with butter and garlic.

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How to Cook Garlic Butter

Shrimp Filipino Style
Start by cleaning the shrimp. Wash it
thoroughly and cut the antennae as much
as possible. Devein each piece and wash
again until clean.

Marinate it in lemon soda. I do this by

arranging the shrimp in a bowl and pour
lemon soda. Let it sit for around 10
minutes before cooking.

Garlic Butter Sauce

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This is mainly composed of butter and

garlic as the name suggests. It is more of
a preparation rather than a sauce at first.
Let me explain this. Sauces are usually
cooked separately. It can be added
anytime to a dish, but as a complete
entity. The sauce for our garlic butter
shrimp is assembled as the dish cooks.

The sauce is responsible in the success of

the dish. The shrimp also plays an
important role in providing the flavor to
the sauce as it cooks.

Let’s get back to the process. The partial

garlic butter sauce is the first thing to
make when cooking the dish. Melt butter
and add garlic. Cook in low heat until the
garlic starts to brown a little. Immediately
throw-in shrimp on a skillet and cook over
medium high heat while stirring
occasionally. Season the dish with salt
and pepper and squeeze-in some lemon
juice. Top with chopped fresh parsley.
Super easy, isn’t it?

What goes with garlic

butter shrimp?

Rice goes well with this Filipino recipe.

Garlic butter shrimp with sauce is topped
over warm white rice. It can be eaten
without any additional condiments
because it is tasty by itself. I also like
having this with toasted slices of French
bread.

How to Make Garlic

Butter Shrimp Pasta
There is a variation that can be enjoyed
with pasta. The same recipe applies, but
use frozen shrimp with no head and shell,
or simply remove the head and shell from
fresh shrimp.

The first thing to do is cook your pasta

according to package instructions. I
suggest using spaghetti or linguine. Set
the cooked pasta aside and then prepare
the shrimp. Follow the same recipe. Add
½ cup of white wine towards the end.
Finish by adding some red pepper flakes.
Top the shrimp over pasta. You can also
toss both on a pan in a stovetop before
serving.

Alternative ingredients
Use Lemon, lime, or calamansi and add a
bit of sugar as a replacement for lemon
soda. Don’t go crazy on the lemon
because the dish can get sour. The idea is
to make the dish tastes fresh with a hint of
sweetness.

Margarine can be used, but it is not

advisable. Butter is still best.Garlic
powder works as a replacement for garlic.

Try this Garlic Butter Shrimp recipe and

let me know what you think.

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Garlic Butter Shrimp

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This is a recipe for Garlic Butter Shrimp
Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 12 minutes
Total: 22 minutes

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Ingredients
2 lbs shrimp cleaned
2 tablespoons parsley chopped
1/4 cup butter
1 head garlic crushed
1 cup lemon lime soda
1 teaspoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions
1 Marinate the shrimp in lemon soda for
about 10 minutes
2 Melt the butter in a pan.
3 Add the garlic. Cook in low heat until the
color turns light brown
4 Put-in the shrimp. Adjust heat to high.
Stir-fry until shrimp turns orange.
5 Season with ground black pepper, salt,
and lemon juice. Stir.
6 Add parsley. Cook for 30 seconds.

7 Serve hot. Share and Enjoy!

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Nutrition Information
Serving: 6g Calories: 243kcal (12%)
Carbohydrates: 6g (2%) Protein: 31g (62%)
Fat: 10g (15%) Saturated Fat: 5g (25%)
Cholesterol: 401mg (134%) Sodium:
1248mg (52%) Potassium: 147mg (4%)
Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 4g (4%) Vitamin A:
349IU (7%) Vitamin C: 10mg (12%) Calcium:
232mg (23%) Iron: 3mg (17%)

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Dory Yabut
posted on 2/16/18 at 11:29 pm
Hello, thanks for this recipe. At last I can
prepare it for our party. But i will give patis
for seasoning.
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