Weight Watchers Recipes
Garlic Parsley Butter Shrimp
Ingredients
- ▢1 pound jumbo shrimp (deveined, shells off except the tail)
- ▢¼ cup butter (unsalted)
- ▢3 cloves garlic
- ▢¼ cup parsley
- ▢½ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- ▢½ teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
- ▢1 lemon (juiced)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425℉.
- Make compound butter: In a food processor add the butter, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper and pulse until it turns into a paste.
- Prepare the shrimp with butter: Take half of the butter paste and place pieces of it on the bottom of a skillet. Arrange shrimp over the butter in the skillet then place the rest of the butter paste over the shrimp, making sure each shrimp has some butter on it.
- Bake: Place skillet in oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until shrimp turns slightly pink and hot and bubbly.
- Drizzle with lemon juice and serve.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1servingCalories: 228kcal (11%)Carbohydrates: 3g (1%)Protein: 23g (46%)Fat: 13g (20%)Saturated Fat: 7g (44%)Cholesterol: 316mg (105%)Sodium: 1176mg (51%)Potassium: 157mg (4%)Vitamin A: 670IU (13%)Vitamin C: 24.7mg (30%)Calcium: 184mg (18%)Iron: 2.8mg (16%)