Garlic Butter Shrimp with Broccoli Rice is a quick, healthy, and flavorful main dish that’s ready in about 20 minutes. 🧄🍤🥦
Ingredients
For the shrimp
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 3 tbsp butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp paprika
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley (optional)
For the broccoli rice
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup cooked rice (white or brown)
- 1 tbsp olive oil or butter
- 1 small garlic clove, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
1. Make the broccoli rice
- Finely chop or pulse broccoli in a food processor until it looks like rice.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- Add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds.
- Add broccoli “rice” and cook 3–4 minutes until slightly tender.
- Stir in cooked rice, season with salt and pepper, and cook another 2 minutes.
2. Cook the garlic butter shrimp
- Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Add shrimp, paprika, salt, and pepper.
- Cook 2–3 minutes per side until shrimp turn pink.
- Stir in lemon juice and sprinkle with parsley.
3. Serve
Place broccoli rice on a plate and top with the garlic butter shrimp. Spoon extra garlic butter from the pan over the top for extra flavor.
💡 Tips
- Add grated parmesan to the broccoli rice for extra flavor. 🧀
- A pinch of chili flakes adds a nice spicy kick. 🌶️
- You can replace rice with cauliflower rice for a low-carb version.
If you’d like, I can also give you a one-pan garlic butter shrimp broccoli rice recipe (everything cooks in the same pan in 15 minutes). 🍳
