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Crispy Grilled Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce
Crispy Grilled Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce brings together lemon juice, shrimp, and smoked paprika. Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Total
- 15 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 12 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Main course
- Primary protein
- Seafood
- Cooking method
- Grilling
- Preparation & total time
- Quick dinners · Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Budget (estimated)
- Low cost
A few quick notes
1. Set out the first ingredients
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
2. Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
3. Keep the drying step before the coating
Follow the drying step before seasoning, coating or cooking. Have the preparation items ready in the order the recipe uses them.
Get to know the ingredients
Lemon juice
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Stir through lemon.
Shrimp
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: If shrimp are small and might fall through grills, skewer them (use 2 skewers, Note 3)
Smoked paprika
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Brush BBQ grills with oil, then preheat on high until very hot.
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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Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Crusty bread to mop up the crazy delish butter on the plate is essential! Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the saucepan. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Brush BBQ grills with oil, then preheat on high until very hot.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Look through the first cooking step and have its ingredients ready before you begin. It is easier to give the pan your attention when you are not still looking for the next item.
What check should I look for as it cooks?
Keep this part of the method in view: Working quickly, place shrimp on BBQ and cook each side for 2 minutes until golden and crusty.
How do I plan the ingredient amounts?
This version serves 4. Use the ingredient amounts listed for that yield. If you change the number of portions, check equipment and the full method as well as the shopping quantities.
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: RecipeTin Eats. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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