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Bake lemon garlic shrimp in the oven with this easy Baked Shrimp recipe. It features fresh jumbo shrimp slow cooked in my easy lemon garlic butter sauce. Enjoy this with air fryer spaghetti squash, sautéed green beans, or air fryer steak. Ready in 15 minutes.
Why Make This
- Quick & easy: this baked shrimp recipe includes three main ingredients and comes together in about 15 minutes.
- Homemade Lemon Butter: my homemade lemon butter is perfect for seafood dishes (check out my baked salmon too!). It uses just a few ingredients, but adds a lot of lemon and garlic flavor to this dish
Ingredients Needed
- Shrimp: I use raw jumbo shrimp. They are 16-20 or 13-15 per lb. I tend to keep the tail-on, but ensure that they are deveined and peeled.
- Cajun seasoning: I use my homemade seasoning since I have it on hand, but you can also use another seafood seasoning like Old Bay.
- Lemon garlic butter sauce: this easy sauce comes together in a saucepan in less than 5 minutes with simple ingredients.
How to Oven Bake Shrimp
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Add the shrimp to a bowl with the seasoning. Toss to distribute evenly.
- Add the shrimp to a broiler safe dish.
- Pour the lemon garlic butter sauce over the shrimp.
- Bake uncovered. Then, turn the broiler on low and broil to cook the shrimp through and give it some color.
Top Tips & FAQs
- Look at the shrimp’s color and shape to not overcook: Shrimp doesn’t take long to cook. Check to see if your shrimp is cooked by ensuring that the shrimp has an opaque bright orange color. The shrimp will also have an open “C” shape instead of being tightly curled.
- Broil on low for color: Since shrimp cooks quickly, the broiler is a helpful tool for giving it a browned color without overcooking it. Be sure to use low and check the color and shape of your shrimp to not overcook it.
I cook my shrimp at 400 degrees in the oven.
You can easily check to see if your baked shrimp is done by looking the shrimp’s color and shape. Cooked shrimp have an opaque bright orange color. They should also have a open “C” shape and not be tightly curled.
I have not tried to bake frozen shrimp. But, since, I’ve air fried frozen shrimp, I’m certain that you can bake it too! Simply, adjust the cook time to give the shrimp a few extra minutes to thaw while it’s baking.
Yes. I air fry frozen shrimp often and it turns out great.
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Lemon Garlic Butter Baked Shrimp Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1.5 lb Shrimp, I used jumbo (16-20 or 13-15 per lb), tail-on, deveined and peeled
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning, click for recipe, or use another seafood seasoning
- 1/2 lemon garlic butter sauce, click for the recipe. I used 1/2 the recipe for this dish and the other half for baked salmon. You can also use the entire recipe if you plan to use the extra sauce to top vegetables, cauliflower rice or another side dish.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Add the shrimp to a bowl with the seasoning. Toss to distribute evenly.
- Add the shrimp to a broiler safe dish.
- Pour the lemon garlic butter sauce over the shrimp.
- Bake uncovered for 5 minutes.
- Turn the broiler on low, then broil for 2-3 minutes to give the shrimp color and allow it to turn opaque.
Nutrition Details
The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!
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