Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you'll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you’ll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes! Today marks the end of a month-long challenge for my children: they completed their goal of eating a pescatarian diet. And…

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you'll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!
Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you’ll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

Today marks the end of a month-long challenge for my children: they completed their goal of eating a pescatarian diet.

And how did my daughter break the diet? Chicken nuggets.

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you'll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

It was a spur-of-the-moment decision that drew the whole family in. One minute my daughter suggested that the whole family go pescatarian for one month, the next, I was meal planning with a new set of challenges in hand.

Cooking for mostly pescatarians proved to be more challenging than I expected. I say mostly because my husband and I tried to eat mostly fish for some time, and he wasn’t quite prepared to go back to a no-meat diet. So I found myself trying my best to cook meals that could make everyone happy!

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you'll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

Shrimp was a go-to, and easiest when it came to appeasing all my eaters. I love it because it cooks so quickly, and with a quick and flavorful compound butter at the ready, it made for a delicious weeknight meal when I didn’t want to over think anything.

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you'll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

For the record, my daughter wants me to point out that she lasted to the end among our resident pescatarians. In her words, she “succeeded.” (Though I can tell she is secretly happy to return to chicken!)

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you'll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

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Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter

Serves 4 | Prep: 7 minutes | Cook: 3 minutes

Skillet Shrimp with Lime and Green Curry Compound Butter is so easy and flavorful, you’ll have dinner on the table in under ten minutes!

Ingredients

2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons chopped chives
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
4 tablespoons of butter, softened
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons green curry paste (or more, to taste)
salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons olive oil
24 large shrimp, peeled and deveined (tail left on if desired)
chopped chives, for garnish
lime slices, for garnish

Instructions

In a mini food processor, mince garlic, chives and cilantro. Add butter, lime juice, green curry paste, salt and pepper and process till combined. This can be done in advance; store in the refrigerator until ready.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp, several tablespoons of compound butter (more or less to your liking) and season with salt and fresh pepper, stirring frequently. Cook until the shrimp is pink, about 3 minutes.

Serve immediately, garnished with fresh chives, and squeezes of fresh lime.

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  1. instagram video downloader

    I’d probably go for a chicken nugget as well. Lol. This dish looks FAB and so flavorful. That butter sounds tooooo tempting…like I’d just be eating it off the spoon!

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  2. Lindsey | Cafe Johnsonia

    Oh, kids are so funny about food sometimes! haha I love your story! I am just sitting here imagining how delicious that compound butter is with those gorgeous prawns. LOVE this! Everything you make looks so fantastic.

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  3. Liz @ Floating Kitchen

    I’d probably go for a chicken nugget as well. Lol. This dish looks FAB and so flavorful. That butter sounds tooooo tempting…like I’d just be eating it off the spoon!

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  4. marcie

    Seafood is my favorite, but I think even for me foregoing meat for a month might be difficult. Sometimes I just crave chicken, turkey, or beef! That’s great that your family followed the diet together — what a great idea! And this shrimp looks so succulent and flavorful. That butter sounds divine!

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