Baked Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs frozen raw shrimp
• 1/2 lb butter
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 lemon

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375.
• 2 run the shrimp under water just until they come apart - no need to thaw completely.
• 3 in a food processor, combine butter (cut into a few cubes), garlic, salt, parsley, red pepper flakes and the juice of the lemon. pulse a few times until the mixture resembles gravel.
• 4 toss shrimp in the seasoned butter mix. spread onto a baking sheet and bake until the shrimp is opaque (10 minutes or so, depending on the size of the shrimp).
• 5 serve as is as an appetizer, or over cooked pasta for a main dish.