Last month, as another Friday in Lent was approaching, I had the usual dilemma of what meatless entree to serve. When my friend, Lee, posted this recipe, I knew I would love it…garlic, a little spice, and a bread crumb topping? What’s not to love? It was marvelous! Lee cuts down the fat by only using half the oil and butter, but those juices are wonderfully flavorful…and if you serve with French bread slices, you can use them to soak up the buttery goodness.
Baked Garlic Shrimp…adapted from Southern Living
2 dozen large, fresh shrimp
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup chopped, fresh Italian parsley
2-3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs, toasted in skillet with 1-2 teaspoons butter till nicely browned
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
Preheat oven to 300º.
Peel and devein shrimp if needed, leaving tails on if desired. Arrange in a single layer in shallow baking dish. Pour olive oil over shrimp. Combine parsley, garlic and peppers. Sprinkle over shrimp. Cover and bake for 15 minutes.
Remove dish from oven, uncover and flip shrimp. Drizzle with melted butter and top with bread crumbs and Parmesan. Bake uncovered 10 minutes or less, till shrimp is just cooked through.
Serve with French bread to soak up the delicious juices.
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Hi Lizzy! Oh these shrimps look wonderful..and oven baked! I love this kind of simple and easy recipe for weekday dinner. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!
Love those ovenbaked shrimps! How tempting!
These shrimp look fantastic! I don’t know why I’ve never made them before because I love ordering them at restaurants.
Shrimp recipes make me giddy and this one didn’t fail. Looks amazing. Yummy!
Lizzy I love shrimps and this look amazing! gloria
I love shrimp, an have never baked it this way either. Thanks for sharing! You can never have too many recipes, you just have to find them:)
This looks fantastic! I’ve had seafood gratin on my to-make list for ages (using scallops and haddock). Now that recipe has some competition!
Yummy! That looks so so good.
Prawn season opens this week. I know what I will be making. Thanks Liz.
Ann
The shrimp are gorgeous! Looks like the ones I got served in Alicante! Thanks for sharing
Hubz told me that I MUST make this for dinner tonight… He saw the title and told me “don’t even contemplate dinner…that is what we’re having…it’s a must!” Then he kissed me. hahaha Thanks for the inspiration, Lizzy! Have a great day! xoxo
What a great recipe. My husband loves shrimp and I’m sure he would thoroughly enjoy this dish.
Thanks, everyone! I hope you’ll all give this winner a try!
Kate, give your hubby a high five from me! Hope you both love this! xoxo
I love shrimp and this sounds so wonderful. I need to make this soon
Thanks Lizzy for another wonderful recipe 
I just so happen to have a pound of wild Gulf shrimp in my freezer just waiting to be cooked! I think this one’s a winner…might make some saffron risotto to go with!!
Love baked garlic shrimp, and can never turn a good shrimp dish down. A nice crusty bread is always good to mop up the yummy garlic sauce, a glass of crisp white souvignon, and meal is complete for me. Yummy!!!
This would make my husbands heart throb with joy… what a winner for sure… love the sauce….myself this is pure perfection at its finest!
I’m glad you liked them!
Wow this dish looks beautiful! I love the flavors. Will def have to try!
Mmm mm good! Nice heat for these tasty shrimpies! My hubz would adore this dish. Definitely bookmarking it
Thanks for sharing!
Perfect meal for my kids and for me! That sauce looks so good! Baked to perfection:)
What a beautiful dish and dipping the bread to mop up all of the garlicky gravy sounds SO good!! Sounds delicious!
Oh yeah – this pretty much has everything in it that I like. Garlic = yummm.
oh this looks great, it’s on my list of things to try! and i’ll do a little repost back to you when i do try it
This reminds me a bit of my mom’s shrimp scampi (she bakes hers) but with bread crumbs. Ohhhh, love the addition of bread crumbs to just about anything
What a mouthwatering dish! It reminds me of Mexican garlic shrimp, just swimming in garlic and oil. Thanks for sharing and making my mouth water.