An easy baked shrimp recipe made with a delightful lemon butter sauce. Ready in 10 minutes and is lovely served with rice, pasta, or a side of your favorite vegetables.
If you're looking for a quick and easy meal idea, this easy baked shrimp recipe is for you. What could be better than a dish that cooks up in minutes when you're hungry?
Why This Recipe Works
- This shrimp recipe is absolutely low in carbs and very keto-friendly. The shrimp is coated with a buttery sauce and would be delicious served with zucchini noodles or can be eaten straight out of the baking dish.
- It's such a versatile recipe too. Consider adding different spices like dried tarragon, or basil. If you love parsley, add extra or consider swapping it with fresh cilantro and grated Parmesan cheese.
- Baking shrimp is so easy!
Ingredient Notes
See recipe box below for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions.
- Lemon juice: For best flavor, I recommend using freshly squeezed lemons but you can use bottled lemon juice instead.
- Seasonings: Salt, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.
- Shrimp: Use 4-ounces of peeled and deveined shrimp.
- Butter and parsley: Add to the shrimp before baking.
How To Bake Shrimp
- Place shrimp in a small baking dish.
- Stir in the lemon juice, salt and seasonings.
- Top with chopped parsley and butter.
- Bake in a preheated 400º F (200º C) oven until shrimp is pink, firm, and cooked through, about 8 minutes.
Expert Tips
- This baked shrimp recipe calls for using 4-ounces of peeled and deveined shrimp. This amount is approximately the same as:
- Jumbo: 5-6 shrimp
- Large: 8-9 shrimp
- Medium: 10-11 shrimp
- Small: 12-15 shrimp
You might consider keeping frozen shrimp in your freezer for convenience. Use them in recipes as needed.
Ways To Use Leftover Ingredients
If you have any ingredients left over from this baked shrimp recipe you might like to consider using them in any of these single serving and small batch recipes:
- Shrimp: Shrimp Tacos, Shrimp Creole, Mediterranean Shrimp and Pasta
- Lemon juice: Lemon Bars, Sorbet, Baba Ganoush
- Parsley: Chermoula, Baked Stuffed Fish, Crawfish Beignets
Other Single Serving Shrimp Recipes
What To Serve With Baked Shrimp
- French Bread (perfect for soaking in the delicious buttery juices!)
- Rice Pilaf
- Garlic Smashed Potatoes
- Roasted Carrots
- Buttered Noodles
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes you can use frozen and thawed shrimp. When cooking for one, keeping your freezer stocked with a few bags of frozen shrimp will make it easy to whip up a wonderful, seemingly fancy meal in just minutes.
The best way to thaw frozen shrimp is to place it in the refrigerator the night before.
If you forget to do this, you can still thaw shrimp rather quickly. One way is to take the unopened bag of shrimp and place it in a big bowl of cold water. This process will take about 30 minutes.
If 30 minutes sounds like an eternity, no worries. Open up the bag of shrimp and dump the shrimp directly into a bowl of cold water. This process will take anywhere between 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the size of the shrimp.
After the shrimp has thawed, place them on a paper towel lined plate and pat the shrimp dry to remove as much excess moisture as possible.
You will know the shrimp are fully thawed when they are somewhat pliable and the color is no longer white but more translucent.
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Baked Shrimp For One
See the post above for expert tips,
FAQs and ways to use leftover ingredients.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 ounces medium shrimp , peeled and deveined
- ¼ teaspoon lemon juice
- ⅛ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ⅛ teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- 1 tablespoon salted butter
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400° F (200° C).
- Place shrimp in a single layer in an ungreased 5-inch baking dish or a dish of similar size.
- Drizzle the lemon juice over the shrimp and stir in the Italian seasoning, garlic powder, salt, and parsley.
- Cut the butter into pieces and scatter on top of the shrimp.
- Place dish in the oven and bake until shrimp are pink, firm, and cooked through, about 8 minutes.
- Transfer to a plate and enjoy immediately.
Notes
- This baked shrimp recipe calls for using 4-ounces of peeled and deveined shrimp. This amount is approximately the same as:
- Jumbo: 5-6 shrimp
- Large: 8-9 shrimp
- Medium: 10-11 shrimp
- Small: 12-15 shrimp
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Leslie says
Oh my gosh Joanie…I made these in my air fryer just now and they are amazing. I did for 4 minutes but everything else the same. Thank you.