Garlic Shrimp

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 pound shrimp
• salt to taste
• 6 cloves garlic, minced fine
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tbsp cold butter, cut in 4 pieces
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp caper brine
• 1/3 cup chopped Italian parsley, divided
• water as needed to thin sauce

Preparation

Step 1

Get all your ingredients ready. Peel and devein shrimp.

Heat a heavy skillet over high heat. Add olive oil and heat until it almost smokes.

Add shrimp and spread out in pan. Add salt. Cook 1 minute. While tossing, cook 1 minute more.

Add garlic and pepper flakes. Cook another minute.

Add lemon juice and caper brine, 1 piece of butter and half the parsley. Stir.

When butter melts, turn heat to low. Add remaining butter. Cook until the butter melts.

Serve over pasta or bread.

Add a little water to sauce in pan and spoon over shrimp.