140 buttered shrimp recipes

White wine garlic shrimp sautés peeled shrimp with olive oil, garlic, white wine, and parsley in 10 minutes. Restaurant-style Italian shrimp scampi minus the butter. Serve over linguine.

Shrimp boiled in spiced beer with garlic, bay, celery seed, and cayenne, served hot with lemon-Tabasco butter or chilled with mayonnaise. Easy peel-and-eat shrimp with deep flavor from the beer broth.

Basic peanut-style dipping sauce (no actual peanuts) with cashew butter, tahini, coconut milk, lime, miso, and ginger. A richer, Thai-leaning satay sauce for grilled skewers, coconut shrimp, or crudités.

New Orleans-style barbecued shrimp baked in butter, garlic, cracked black pepper, Worcestershire, and Tabasco. Not grilled, oven-roasted in a peppery butter bath.

Easy spicy barbecued shrimp needs just three things: shrimp, cayenne and butter. Baked in a fiery, buttery coating and peeled at the table, this fast, hands-on dish brings New Orleans heat with almost no effort.

Microwave shrimp scampi in garlic lemon butter with scallions, ready in under 20 minutes. A fast weeknight dinner for two, served over rice pilaf.

Silky sweet corn coulis made from fresh corn kernels and cob broth, strained smooth and finished with butter and cayenne. A refined sauce for shrimp and corn ravioli.

Five-ingredient herb butter sauce with rosemary, tarragon, and lemon that doubles as a grilling baste and warm dipping sauce for shrimp, crab, lobster, and crawfish.

Louisiana compound butter with hot sauce, garlic, and fresh cilantro. Four ingredients, ten minutes. Melts over grilled fish, steaks, corn, or shrimp for instant Cajun flavor.

Crispy battered shrimp deep-fried until golden and tossed in a spicy-sweet sauce with garlic. This Chinese restaurant favorite is ready in 40 minutes for a crowd-pleasing dinner.

Sweet onion shrimp balls grind Vidalia onion, potato, and shrimp into a thick batter, then fry into crispy golden bites. Five-ingredient appetizer with no breading required.

Coconut fried shrimp with a beer batter and flaked coconut coating, deep-fried golden in under a minute per side. A crispy, tropical appetizer or main dish.