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Baked Shrimp (Easy Recipe)
Lemon-butter shrimp are a very inviting reason to sit down for dinner. The smoky seasoning gives the warm coating a savory edge, with a little pepper heat if you want it.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 25 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 8 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Seafood
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baking · Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Dry before coating
Pat the shrimp well with paper towel before stirring them into the butter mixture in the large bowl.
2. Keep the marinating pause short
Use the brief ten-minute rest and stay within the stated thirty-minute maximum before arranging the shrimp for baking.
3. Scrape the bowl into the dish
Pour any marinade remaining in the bowl over the single-layer shrimp, even if the butter has begun to solidify.
Get to know the ingredients
Prepared large shrimp
Use large peeled, deveined shrimp, preferably with tails left on, before drying and coating them in the bowl.
Butter or oil
Unsalted butter is the main coating fat, with olive oil included as an alternative in the ingredient list.
Optional crushed pepper
Add red pepper flakes if you want heat, with more allowed for a spicier coating alongside paprika and garlic powder.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Bake to opaque shrimp
Arrange the coated shrimp in one layer with their bowl juices and bake until opaque before serving.
A little more help as you go
Whisk seasoning into the fat
Combine lemon, paprika, garlic powder, salt and peppers with melted butter before adding shrimp, so the coating is mixed first.
Preheat during the short rest
Use the marinating pause to preheat the oven before spreading shrimp and remaining coating in the large baking dish.
A few questions you might have
What if the butter coating firms up?
That is expected by the time shrimp are arranged. Scrape the remaining marinade over them in the dish before baking.
Do I need a skillet sear?
The shrimp are dried, coated and briefly marinated, then baked directly in the large dish without a separate searing stage.
Does the garlic need chopping?
Garlic powder is listed and is whisked into the butter mixture with lemon juice and the other seasonings.
Can the shrimp marinate for hours?
Keep within the recipe's thirty-minute maximum; the main method uses only a short ten-minute rest before baking.
Should I stack shrimp in the dish?
Spread them in a single layer before scraping on the leftover coating and putting the dish in the oven.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: wholesomeyum.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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