How To Make Creamy Garlic Butter Shrimp Piccata
Grab a bite of this mouthwatering shrimp piccata for dinner tonight! It’s submerged in a flavorful creamy garlic butter sauce and spinach for a fuller meal.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspunsalted butter
- 6garlic cloves,minced
- 1lbshrimp,tails on or off
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1small brown shallot
- ½cupdry white wine
- 1½cupsreduced fat cream
- Salt and pepper,to taste
- 3cupsbaby spinach
- ½cupParmesan cheese,fresh grated
- 1tspcornstarch,mixed with 1 tbsp of water
- 4tbspparsley,fresh chopped
- 2tbspfresh lemon juice,adjust to tastes
- 4tbspcapers,rinsed and drained
- Lemon slices,to serve
- fresh parsley,chopped, extra, to garnish
Instructions
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
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Melt the butter, then add in the garlic and fry for 1 minute until fragrant.
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Add in the shrimp, then fry 2 minutes on each side, until just cooked through and pink. Transfer to a bowl, then set aside.
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Fry the onion in the butter remaining in the skillet.
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Pour in the white wine, and allow to reduce to half, while scraping any bits off of the bottom of the pan.
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Reduce the heat to low-medium heat, then add the cream and bring to a gentle simmer, while stirring occasionally.
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Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Add in the spinach leaves and allow to wilt in the sauce, then add in the parmesan cheese.
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Let the sauce gently simmer for a further 1 minute or so until the cheese melts through the sauce.
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For a thicker sauce, add the milk/cornstarch mixture to the center of the pan, and continue to simmer while quickly stirring the mixture through until the sauce thickens.
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Add the shrimp back into the pan along with the lemon juice, capers and parsley, then stir through.
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Take off the heat, serve with lemon slices and extra parsley to garnish.
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Serve over pasta, rice or steamed vegetables, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 567.22kcal
- Fat: 45.46g
- Saturated Fat: 26.25g
- Trans Fat: 0.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 14.38g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.20g
- Carbohydrates: 10.89g
- Fiber: 1.34g
- Sugar: 4.08g
- Protein: 25.24g
- Cholesterol: 285.43mg
- Sodium: 1147.39mg
- Calcium: 379.42mg
- Potassium: 388.20mg
- Iron: 1.58mg
- Vitamin A: 555.47µg
- Vitamin C: 17.22mg
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