How To Make Pan Seared Shrimp
Make a quick and tasty seafood meal with this shrimp recipe! Tender shrimp is seasoned, pan-seared to perfection, then served with lemon wedges.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tspvegetable oil,divided
- 1½lbshrimp,weight after peeled, peeled and deveined
- ¼tspsalt
- ¼tspground black pepper
- ¼tspred pepper,crushed
- 2tbspdry parsley
- lemon wedges
Instructions
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Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a 12-inch skillet over high heat until smoking.
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Meanwhile, toss shrimp with salt, pepper, parsley, and crushed red pepper.
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Add half of the shrimp to the pan in single layer and cook for about 1 minute, until edges turn pink.
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Remove pan from heat, flip shrimp using tongs and let it stand for about 30 seconds, until all of the shrimp turn opaque except for the center.
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Transfer to a plate and repeat with the second batch and the remaining 1 teaspoon of oil.
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After second batch has stood off the heat, add the first batch to the pan and toss to combine.
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Cover skillet and let shrimp stand for 1 to 2 minutes.
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Serve immediately with lemon wedges. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 144.53kcal
- Fat: 4.09g
- Saturated Fat: 0.60g
- Trans Fat: 0.05g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.00g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.91g
- Carbohydrates: 2.42g
- Fiber: 0.30g
- Sugar: 0.20g
- Protein: 23.30g
- Cholesterol: 214.32mg
- Sodium: 963.99mg
- Calcium: 96.94mg
- Potassium: 214.72mg
- Iron: 0.53mg
- Vitamin A: 100.26µg
- Vitamin C: 6.48mg
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