Lime Brown Butter Shrimp is a simple, yet delicious dish! Large sautéed shrimp with butter, lime zest, garlic and spices is served over rice!
Do you enjoy eating shrimp? We do, and I’ve enjoyed making many different recipes featuring shrimp over the years! Today I want to share a delicious recipe for Lime Brown Butter Shrimp I believe you’re going to love!
The recipe itself is fairly simple to make. Butter is cooked in a skillet until it becomes “browned” (with a slightly nutty flavor), then the butter is infused with the finely grated zest from one lime. This adds a pop of citrus flavor that adds great taste to this dish.
The shrimp is cooked with seasonings (garlic, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper) and a small amount of the browned butter until done. All the remaining browned lime butter is added to the cooked shrimp and heated through, and then served over rice.
That’s it! This shrimp dish is absolutely delicious, and truly is quite simple to make. Here’s how to prepare this yummy dish.
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First Things First
To start, get all the ingredients together. You will need butter, a pound of large shrimp, fresh thyme leaves, lime zest, minced garlic, chili powder, ground cumin, salt and pepper.
Place the shrimp on several layers of paper towels, and then blot them with another paper towel, to remove excess moisture.
Brown The Butter
Place 4 Tablespoons of butter in a large skillet and heat it on LOW heat until it has melted. Stir in fresh thyme leaves and continue cooking on LOW heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes, or until the butter becomes light brown in color and has a nutty aroma.
Remove the skillet from the heat and stir all of the lime zest into the browned butter mixture until incorporated. Pour the butter into a small bowl, but leaving about 2 teaspoons in the skillet.
Using the same skillet (with that tiny amount of butter in it), add the minced garlic. Sauté the garlic, stirring often, for about 1 minute. Be careful to not allow the garlic to burn or it can become bitter.
Now it’s time to cook the shrimp! Place the shrimp into the hot skillet in a single layer.
Season And Cook The Shrimp
Sprinkle the shrimp with the chili powder, ground cumin, salt and pepper, then stir until each shrimp is well coated with spices.
Lay the shrimp back out in a single layer and cook them for about 2 minutes, then turn the shrimp to the other side. Continue cooking until they have turned pink, are cooked through, and are no longer translucent in color.
The total cooking time will be between 3-4 minutes. Be sure to not overcook the shrimp because this can lead to them being “rubbery” in texture and you really don’t want that.
Pour the remaining browned butter lime mixture back into the skillet, and stir gently to coat the shrimp with the butter sauce.
Stir the browned butter in only until reheated (less than a minute), and then the lime brown butter shrimp is done! Remove the skillet from the heat and serve immediately.
Serve The Lime Brown Butter Shrimp
To serve, place a bed of white or brown rice on each serving plate, then top each portion with about 5-6 large shrimp. Drizzle with some of remaining sauce.
This one pound bag of large shrimp yielded 5 large shrimp per serving (four servings total), but sometimes you can end up with 6 per serving depending on the provider.
Garnish each portion with a fresh lime wedge, which adds another pop of flavor when squeezed over the shrimp! Serve immediately while hot… and enjoy this delicious meal.
I hope you have a chance to enjoy some Lime Brown Butter Shrimp, and trust you’ll enjoy it as much as we do! It really is quite easy to make but it has delicious flavor!
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Recipe adapted from Lindsay, at: https://pinchofyum.com/orange-brown-butter-shrimp
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Lime Brown Butter Shrimp is a simple, yet delicious dish! Large sautéed shrimp with butter, lime zest, garlic and spices is served over rice!
- 4 Tablespoons butter = ½ stick
- ½ teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1 lime zest of
- 1¼ teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 pound large raw shrimp deveined, tail removed (about 20-25)
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cumin
- ⅛ teaspoon salt and pepper (each) + more if needed, to taste
- 4 thin lime slices *optional garnish for each serving*
Place shrimp on paper towels; blot them with a paper towel, to remove excess moisture. Set aside.
Place butter in a large skillet; heat on LOW heat until melted. Stir in fresh thyme leaves; continue cooking on LOW heat, stirring often, for 5 minutes, or until butter is light brown in color and has a nutty aroma. Remove skillet from heat; stir in lime zest until incorporated. Pour the butter into a small bowl, leaving about 2 teaspoons in the skillet.
Using same skillet (with 2 t. browned butter in it), add garlic. Sauté garlic, stirring often, for 1 minute. Do not allow garlic to burn or it can become bitter.
Add shrimp to the hot skillet in one layer. Sprinkle with chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Stir until shrimp is coated with spices. Lay shrimp in a single layer; cook for 2 minutes, then turn shrimp to the other side. Continue cooking 1-2 minutes until they've turned pink, are cooked through and no longer translucent.
Pour remaining browned butter back into the skillet; stir gently to coat shrimp. Cook only until reheated (less than a minute). Remove from heat; serve on a bed of rice, garnished with a lime slice. Enjoy!
NOTE: The caloric calculation does not include the rice (served under the shrimp), as different types may be used (white, brown, etc.).
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