This roasted shrimp is kissed with the citrus goodness of key lime juice. Dip them into lime butter for an extra special treat. They are like taking a bite of Florida.
Roasting shrimp is a quick and easy way to get them on the table. Add a spritz of key lime juice and you are really in for a treat.
They are tasty on their own, but make a little key lime butter for dipping to take them to the next level. You will be licking your fingers as you go!
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Of course shrimp and lemon are a classic combination. We absolutely love making lemon roasted shrimp.
But, we enjoy the lime so much in the avocado and shrimp crostini, we thought it would be fun to take these shrimp on a trip to the Florida keys. The almost floral key lime juice added such great flavor and the key lime butter is unbelievably simple but good.
Of course I still had to serve cocktail sauce for Little Dude. “Shrimp and sauce” is one of his favorite foods.
A slice of no bake key lime pie or even frozen key lime pie would be a great way to end the meal. We love that recipe because you don’t use cool whip. It’s almost like a super creamy no bake cheesecake.
Simple Key Lime Roasted Shrimp
Ingredients
Shrimp
- 2 pounds raw shrimp deveined
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon Key lime juice
- salt and pepper
Lime Butter
- 3 Tablespoon butter
- 2 teaspoon key lime juice
- 4 dashes hot sauce
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
Shrimp
- Preheat oven to 400° F and spray two rimmed baking sheet pans.
- Toss the 2 pounds raw shrimp in 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, 1 Tablespoon Key lime juice and a generous sprinkling of salt and pepper Let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Spread shrimp over prepared pans.
- Cook for 5-8 minutes or until pink. Be careful not to overcook them.
- Serve warm or place in the refrigerator to serve as cold shrimp cocktail.
Dipping Butter
- Melt 3 Tablespoon butter and stir in 2 teaspoon key lime juice, 4 dashes hot sauce, and 1 pinch salt.
- Peel shrimp, dip and enjoy!
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We made this last week and it was delicious! So easy and not much clean up, winner winner!
Served it with coleslaw, Red Lobster biscuits that I found in the frozen bread section.
Yay! That sounds like such a perfect meal.
That dipping sauce sounds wonderful. I do love shrimp!! this is a muct try for me Carlee. Thanks 🙂
It really makes them! Little Dude still wanted cocktail sauce, "shrimp and sauce" is one of his favorite foods, but my husband and I couldn't stay out of the lime butter!
These do sound like a bite of Florida!
Thank you!
Man, oh man, do these sound good! Wish I was having these tonight!
By the way, your description of Irma being someone to bake cookies with gave me a good chuckle. Very true.
Ha! Too bad she didn't come ready to bake
Love this idea! The key lime butter sounds perfect!
Thank you!
I'll bet this was perfect with the key limes as well. Thanks for supporting our friends and family struck by these terrible tragedies.
I wish I had some key limes for a fresh squeeze at the end, but I only had access to the juice in a bottle!
This looks so yummy! We all love shrimp and I can't wait to make it with my fresh Key lime juice! Thank you for the shout out!
I am so jealous of your tree! I hope you love this!
Yum! I love the key lime butter for dipping! P~
My husband looked at me crosseyed when he saw it as he is a cocktail sauce lover. But once he tried it his cocktail sauce went untouched and the key lime butter disappeared!
Yum. I like shrimp with lemon. Bet I would love ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️❤️this!
It is a really nice slight variation on the classic combination!