Italian Lemon Shrimp

Tonight I made a DELICIOUS shrimp dish! We had company over, and I needed something quick and easy since I had to work all day, but impressive enough for company. So with a 10 minute trip to the grocery store, 10 minutes of prep time, and 10 minutes in the oven, here is what I came up with :)

 Italian Lemon Shrimp

Ingredients:

1 lemon

1 lime

1 stick of butter

1.5 lbs of uncooked shrimp

1 packet of Italian dressing mix

1 tsp. minced garlic 

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking pan or cookie sheet with tin foil. 

Remove shells, tails, and veins of the shrimp. Make sure they are completely clean. Set aside. 

Melt the stick of butter. While the butter is melting, cut 3/4 of the lemon into slices. Keep the top 1/4 of the lemon and set it aside. Place the lemon slices on the foil covered pan. Drizzle the melted butter on the baking sheet. Sprinkle the minced garlic across the pan. 

Place the uncooked shrimp into a bowl, and pour the packet of Italian dressing mix over the shrimp. Mix until the shrimp are well coated. 

Place the shrimp flat on the pan. Do not over lap the shrimp or the lemon slices. Take the top of the lemon that was set aside and squeeze the lemon juice over the shrimp. Then cut the lime in half, and squeeze the lime juice over the shrimp. 

Your pan should look like this: 

Place the pan in the oven and cook at 350 for 10-15 minutes, until the shrimp are pink and white. Do not over cook the shrimp. The finished pan should look like this: 

This was definitely a keeper! For those of you who want to avoid turning your oven on in this heat, you can easily make a foil pouch for this, and throw it on the grill! Also, I think next time I will add some veggies like zucchini and peppers and cook them with the shrimp! I served this with a side of angel hair. You could do this with a tortellini, rice, or roasted veggies as well! 

Enjoy!

P.S. For anyone on a Gluten Free diet, Good Seasons Italian Dressing mix is gluten free :) So this is a great Gluten Free recipe!