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!
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.
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!
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.
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!)
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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!
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.
Comments
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It was all great for us.
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!
thanks for the tips and information..i really appreciate it..
I just like to eat steamed shrimp
Shrimp is my favorite dish, Just when I saw, I thought they were for me :)
Very useful! Thank for sharing
Awesome inspiration! My girl and I love to cook together. Shrimp is one of our favorites.
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.
So glad you all made it through in one piece! Ha ha. This shrimp looks so good and I just love your photos!
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!
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!
LOL Those chicken nuggets can be really tempting! ;)