Tessa’s Recipe Rundown
Taste: Super fresh with a peppery bite. Texture: I love the firm yet soft and tender bite of perfectly cooked shrimp, but there’s nothing worse than rubbery overcooked shrimp so cook them carefully!! Ease: Ridiculously quick and easy. Appearance: There’s nothing too special about the appearance of this shrimp but they are mighty tasty. Pros: Fresh, quick, easy, goes well with many things. Cons: Absolutely none.This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure policy.
Between Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu, it’s difficult not to get sucked into a TV binge session.
Lately we’ve been binging on The Good Wife. We just finished the first season alarmingly fast and I’m completely obsessed with the show. Do you guys watch it? I always hate it when my favorite TV shows go on hiatus for the holidays, I love good TV! Thankfully Amazon Prime and Netflix are great substitutes. It’s such a guilty pleasure.
On the opposite side of things, this 10 Minute Lemon Pepper Shrimp recipe is far from a guilty pleasure. It’s amazingly quick, simple, and healthy and can be served any which way your family prefers or your pantry allows. This shrimp is wonderful served over pasta, grains, with steamed vegetables, in a salad, or in a sandwich wrap. I always keep a bag of frozen shrimp in my freezer and I almost always have lemons on hand so this is a perfect solution to the age old question, “What’s for dinner?”
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10 Minute Lemon Pepper Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 large lemon, zested and juiced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss the shrimp, lemon zest, lemon juice, pepper, and salt.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the shrimp and cook for about 2 minutes per side, or until the shrimp turn pink. Add the parsley. Be careful not to overcook. Remove the shrimp from the heat, adjust seasonings as necessary and serve.
Looks delicious!!! Is that rice or pasta you serve it with?
It’s orzo! Technically pasta but looks and kind of feels like rice 🙂
You can’t go wrong with a 10 minute dinner, especially when it looks that good!!
Love a quick and healthy meal like this! Perfect for these post-holiday diets!
What a beautiful recipe!! Love!!
Love how simple and easy this it!! Such a great meal!!
I have been addicted to The Good Wife for a couple months too. My husband and I watched a bunch of episodes over our holiday break and are getting close to caught up. I’ll miss being able to watch a few at a time.
Love how quick and easy this is! So delicious!
Lemon pepper shrimp is a favorite at our house! I love this variation!
This looks perfect for January, and only 10 mins 🙂
Yay, I just bought a big bag of shrimp and now I know what I’m making out of it. This dish looks wonderful: so fresh and delicious! Lemon pepper anything is a winner ; ) I hope you had such a lovely weekend! xx
Shrimp’s on sale this week at our grocery store and I think I know what I’ll make with it! This simple, healthy meal looks so good, Tessa! I love lemon-pepper anything.
I love everything about the title of this : 10 minutes and lemon pepper with shrimp! Plus, I love recipes that I don’t need to use my toes to count the number of ingredients with! This looks like a perfect, quick and healthy weeknight dinner. Yum!