Meal Prep
Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp
There’s a deep, unspoken magic in unwrapping a stick of butter and unapologetically tossing the entire thing into a hot saucepan. It’s a moment that transcends cooking and borders on therapy- a glorious rebellion against every diet plan, calorie counter, and well-meaning food blog that’s ever dared to suggest you measure butter in tablespoons. So, my friend, today we measure butter by the stick, and let me tell you, it feels like freedom.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Makes
- 4 servings
High protein
Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp
53.1g protein625 calories per serving
- Prep Time
- 10 mins
- Cook Time
- 20 mins
- Total Time
- 30 mins
Equipment
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Ingredients
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For the Shrimp & Sauce:
For the Asparagus:
Instructions
Begin cooking rice, following your preferred method. I love my rice cooker!
1 cup dry jasmine rice
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil for easy cleanup.
Trim your asparagus, then spread in a single layer on one of the baking sheets.
1 lb asparagus
Season asparagus with seasoned salt, pepper, & garlic powder
1 tsp black pepper, ½ tsp seasoned salt, ½ tbsp garlic powder
Throw the asparagus into the oven. It'll take slightly longer to roast than your shrimp (20-25 minutes). Remove from oven once until tender and lightly browned at the tips.
While asparagus is roasting, throw your stick of butter in a hot sauce pan over low heat. Add the garlic & sauté for 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Juice 3 lemons & stir into the garlic butter mixture.
½ cup unsalted butter, 6 cloves garlic, 5 medium lemons
Arrange shrimp in a 9x13 glass baking dish. Pour the garlic lemon butter mixture over the shrimp & season with pepper & red pepper flakes. Toss to coat evenly.
2 lb raw shrimp, ½ tbsp black pepper, ½ tbsp red pepper flakes
Separate the shrimp & asparagus into the selected number of dishes, drizzled with any extra lemon butter from the shrimp pan. Be sure to garnish each serving with 2 lemon wedges for some extra zest!
Nutrition
Per servingEstimates for one serving.
- Calories
- 625 kcal
- Protein
- 53.1 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 51.6 g
Full nutrition and how it’s calculated
All values are per serving. Changing the recipe yield scales the ingredients and keeps these per-serving amounts the same.
- Saturated Fat
- 14.76 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- 1.49 g
- Monounsaturated Fat
- 6.97 g
- Trans Fat
- 0.94 g
- Cholesterol
- 426 mg
- Sodium
- 471 mg
- Potassium
- 1,053 mg
- Fiber
- 5.8 g
- Sugar
- 4.2 g
- Added Sugar
- 0 g
- Vitamin A
- 375 mcg RAE
- Vitamin C
- 45.75 mg
- Vitamin D
- 0.23 mcg
- Calcium
- 227 mg
- Iron
- 6.38 mg
Estimated ingredient cost
$7.32 per serving · $29.26 for this batch
Ingredient costs and assumptions
Estimated US grocery prices for the amounts used, including purchase waste and discarded marinade. Your store, brands, and package sizes may cost differently. Buying full packages can cost more. Price sources and methodology.
Quantities without exact weights use the nutrition library’s portion estimates. Purchase yields are estimates. Separate citrus ingredients are costed independently; reusing the same fruit for juice and zest can lower your cost. Labor, utilities, and delivery are excluded.
- raw shrimp: $18.03
907.2 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Frozen Raw Peeled Deveined Tail-Off Small Shrimp · Price checked 2026-09-21
- unsalted butter: $0.97
113.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 227 g Salted butter reference; unsalted uses this as a substitute estimate.
Walmart: Great Value Salted Butter · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic: $0.32
18 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
3 clove = 9 g; USDA SR Legacy household weights used as an approximate physical conversion for the current ingredient profile; nutrition remains from its own mapped record. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Spice World Fresh Peeled Garlic, 6 oz, Pouch · Price checked 2026-09-21
- lemons: $2.59
600 g purchased · Whole purchased item: 120 g each (estimated); includes shell, peel, or seeds.
1 lemon (medium) = 58 g; Editorial medium/large edible fruit and juice-yield estimates. Juiced fruit uses 45 g each; the whole-fruit nutrition profile remains an approximate proxy. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Fresh Lemons, 2 lb Bag · Price checked 2026-09-21
- black pepper: $0.15
3.5 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp (ground) = 6.9 g; texture=ground Ground black pepper reference; cracked pepper may cost differently.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Black Pepper · Price checked 2026-09-21
- red pepper flakes: $0.08
2.7 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 5.3 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Crushed Red Pepper, 1.75 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- dry jasmine rice: $0.59
185 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 cup = 185 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Jasmine Rice · Price checked 2026-09-21
- asparagus: $6.35
453.6 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
Authored ingredient weight. Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Marketside Fresh Asparagus Spears, 10 oz · Price checked 2026-09-21
- black pepper: $0.10
2.3 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tsp (ground) = 2.3 g; texture=ground Ground black pepper reference; cracked pepper may cost differently.
Walmart: Great Value Ground Black Pepper · Price checked 2026-09-21
- seasoned salt: $0.03
2.4 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
0.25 tsp = 1.2 g Representative product for this ingredient; your brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Lawry's Kosher Seasoned Salt, 8.0 oz Bottle · Price checked 2026-09-21
- garlic powder: $0.05
4.9 g purchased · Uses the reviewed ingredient quantity before cooking or marinade losses.
1 tbsp = 9.7 g Representative product; brand and package size may differ.
Walmart: Great Value Garlic Powder · Price checked 2026-09-21
Make it yoursRecipe notes & meal-prep tips
Macro breakdown
- Protein53.1g33%
- Carbs51.6g32%
- Fat25g35%
Per serving · Share of calories from macros
Calculated using 4 calories per gram of protein and carbs, and 9 for fat. Rounding and fiber can affect the listed calorie total.Triple B's Meal Prep Notes
The asparagus gets a head start in the oven because it needs a different cooking window from the shrimp. Keep that staggered timing, and judge the shrimp by doneness rather than letting them stay in just because the vegetable tray is still there. Separate dishes are helpful in oven-baked meal preps precisely because you can take one component out before another.
Spoon the cooked lemon-garlic butter from the shrimp dish across the rice and shrimp when you portion. Those juices carry the lemon and garlic into the rice. Keep the recipe's portions when comparing it with other moderate-calorie meals, since the butter is part of the listed serving. Keep the asparagus on the side if you prefer its flavor less lemony, and pack the fresh lemon wedges separately for squeezing after heating. Pull the asparagus while it is tender with a little bite. Thin spears finish quickly, and leaving them in longer to chase crispness can turn them into tough, shriveled strings. Remove the seeds from all the serving wedges before closing the containers. A fresh squeeze of lemon after heating is a lovely finish for the shrimp, with no seed-picking at lunch.
Remove the wedges before reheating. For a refrigerated serving, microwave on high for 90 seconds, stir, then heat for another 45 seconds. Use that as a starting point and continue in short intervals as needed until the food reaches 165°F throughout. Stir the rice through the sauce and move the shrimp around at the pause, then check the center before adding any more time. This meal already uses lemon in the cooking sauce, so taste before squeezing on every wedge. If you want less heat, reduce the red pepper flakes. You can find other quick seafood combinations in the shrimp collection and more complete lunch formats in the bowl archive.
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From the community
I built this recipe for nights when I wanted something clean and bright without sacrificing satisfaction. It’s buttery, lemony, and exactly as comforting as it needs to be. Does this match your definition of “easy but good”?