Browned Butter Honey Garlic Shrimp
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Browned
This shrimp recipe reminds me a lot of barbecue shrimp. Whereas bbq shrimp has a lot of
Browned Butter Honey Garlic Shrimp
These shrimp are so flavorful and rich. You can serve them as an appetizer or main meal. If you decide to serve as a main, you’ll definitely want a lighter side. I recommend serving my Steakhouse Wedge Salad, Napa Cabbage Slaw, or Cobb Salad with Buttermilk Garlic Dressing.
Ingredients for Honey Garlic Shrimp
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- Shrimp. I prefer medium to large shrimp as indicated in the photos.
- Butter. You can use salted or unsalted. If you use salted, you may want to use less salt listed below.
- Honey. More info below
- Lemons.
- Garlic. Fresh garlic cloves.
- Tamari. More info below
- Salt.
- Freshly ground black pepper
As well, you may want to reacquaint yourself with my post, How to brown butter.
Substitutions and Tips
The last time I bought shrimp for Creamy Barbecue Shrimp I got home and didn’t have some of the ingredients. Therefore, I’m listing common substitutions below for you.
Substitutions for tamari
- Soy
- Liquid aminos or coconut aminos
- Teriyaki sauce
- Worcestershire sauce
Substitutions for honey
- agave
- coconut sugar
- brown sugar
- molasses
- date syrup
- maple syrup
Storing and Reheating
If you have any leftover shrimp, you can store them in the air-tight container, in the refrigerator. I don’t like reheated leftover shrimp because the texture changes regardless of how you reheat them. Therefore, I recommend not cooking too many.
With that being said, you can reheat shrimp them in a sauce pan. Bring it to temperature, melt a little
I do not recommend reheating shrimp in the microwave. They become rubbery and tough.
Browned Butter Honey Garlic Shrimp
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- 3-4 pounds shrimp shelled, tail on or off
- ½ cup butter salted or unsalted
- ½ cup honey agave or coconut sugar
- 3 whole lemons juiced
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼ cup Tamari liquid aminos or lite soy
- ½ teaspoon salt more or less to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan on medium to low heat and whisk constantly. When it turns light brown remove the pan from the heat.
- Add the honey, lemon juice, garlic, and tamari to the butter and stir to combine. Cook for about 30 seconds or until the garlic is fragrant. Remove from heat.
- Remove and reserve all except 4 tablespoons of the butter sauce from the pan.
- To the 4 tablespoons of butter sauce left in the pan, add half of the shrimp. Sear for 2 minutes on each side or until just cooked through and no longer opaque. Remove the shrimp from the pan. Now add a little more butter to the pan and the other 1/2 of the shrimp. Sear for 2 minutes on both sides.
- Add all the shrimp back to the pan and pour all the butter mixture over them. Gently stir so the butter sauce covers all the shrimp.
- Season with salt and pepper and serve hot.