SIMPLE GARLIC SHRIMP

SIMPLE GARLIC SHRIMP
“If you like shrimp and LOVE garlic”


1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
1 pound of shrimp, peeled and deveined
salt to taste’6 cloves of garlic, finely minced
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon caper brine
½ teaspoon cold butter
1/3 cup chopped Italian flat leaf parsley, divided
1 ½ tablespoons cold butter
water as needed


Heat olive oil in a heavy skillet over high heat until it just begins to smoke. Place shrimp in an even layer at the bottom of the pan and cook for 1 minute without stirring.

Season shrimp with salt; cook and stir until shrimp begin to turn pink, about 1 minute.

Stir in garlic and red pepper flakes; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice, caper brine, 1 ½ teaspoon cold butter. Cook and stir until all butter has melted to form a thick sauce and shrimp are pink and opaque, about 2-3 minutes.

Cook until butter has melted, about 1 minute, then turn heat to low then stir in 1 ½ tablespoons cold butter. Cook and stir until all the butter has melted to form a thick sauce and are pink and opaque, about 2-3 minutes.

Remove shrimp with slotted spoon and transfer to a bowl; continue to cook butter sauce, adding water I teaspoon at a time if to thick, about 2 minutes. Season with salt to taste.

Serve shrimp topped with pan sauce. Garnish with remaining flat-leaf parsley.


Yield: 4 servings.