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Garlic Lime Shrimp

Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

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When we say Garlic Lime Shrimp is a snap, we mean it. Ready in less than half an hour! Barely any steps at all! And yet the results are a tangy, sweet, fragrant pile of pink shrimp, savory and sweet in that delicate seafood way! Just a touch of richness and spice keeps things interesting. Oh yes, Garlic Lime Shrimp is a fantastic meal, ready to improve any pile of pasta to new heights! It's so easy, yet so classy! They need to come up with a word for that!

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 pound shrimp, uncooked, peeled, and deveined
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 3 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, minced
  • pasta, to taste, cooked and hot

Directions

Step 1 -In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter.

Step 2 -Add the shrimp, the garlic, the salt, and the cayenne to the butter and sauté until the shrimp turns pink, about 5 minutes.

Step 3 -Stir the lime juice and the parsley into the shrimp mixture.

Step 4 -Serve the shrimp over the pasta.

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