Garlic Butter Shrimp Recipe with Cilantro and Lime
Garlic shrimp cooked in a creamy cilantro lime butter sauce.
Serve this as an appetizer, with pasta, over rice or in tortillas for tacos.
The recipe is easy to adapt. Swap lime for lemon and try other tender herbs
like parsley, dill, basil or tarragon in place of cilantro.
Ingredients
- 1 pound extra large shrimp, peeled with tails left on and deveined
- 1 lime plus a few extra wedges for serving
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic, about 6 cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, chopped
