How To Make Browned Butter Honey Lime Shrimp
This sweet and sour lime shrimp recipe is buttery with just the right amount of spice to deliver a sharp twist to the complex flavors.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4tbspunsalted butter
- 4tbsphoney
- 1tbspfresh squeezed lime juice
- 1tbsplow sodium soy sauce
- 3clovesgarlicminced
- 1tspground red chili flakesadd more to your taste
- 21ozshrimppeeled and deveined, tail on or off
- Salt to season
- Lime wedgesto serve
- Fresh chopped parsleyto serve
Instructions
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Heat butter in a non-stick pan or skillet 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.
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Add the honey, lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, and chili flakes.
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Stir well to combine all of the flavors together and cook for 30 seconds, or until the garlic is fragrant.
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Remove from heat. Pour out just over half of the browned butter from the pan (liquid only), leaving 2 tablespoons of the lime butter mixture in the pan. Reserve the rest for later.
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Add half of the shrimp to the lime/butter in the pan, season with salt and pepper.
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Sear for about 2 minutes on each side, or until just cooked through and no longer opaque. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
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Wipe pan over with paper towel and add 2 more tablespoons of the lime/butter mixture to the pan. If the sauce is too thick, add 1 teaspoon of olive oil or extra butter to the pan.
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Season and sear the remaining shrimp for 2 minutes on each side, or until just cooked through and no longer opaque.
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Add the cooked shrimp back into the pan, and pour in the remaining lime/butter sauce, stirring through the shrimp to evenly coat.
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Season with salt if desired and garnish with parsley and extra chili flakes (if desired).
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Serve with steamed vegetables; over rice or with a salad
Nutrition
- Calories: 282.34kcal
- Fat: 13.16g
- Saturated Fat: 7.71g
- Trans Fat: 0.49g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.28g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.93g
- Carbohydrates: 21.20g
- Fiber: 0.55g
- Sugar: 17.56g
- Protein: 21.09g
- Cholesterol: 218.06mg
- Sodium: 974.43mg
- Calcium: 96.94mg
- Potassium: 237.36mg
- Iron: 0.70mg
- Vitamin A: 195.63µg
- Vitamin C: 7.44mg
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