Easy rosemary shrimp
3
Points®
Total Time
15 min
Prep
9 min
Cook
6 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
Try to cook a steak in your microwave and you'll end up with something as chewy as a pencil eraser, but you may be surprised to learn that a microwave can be a surprisingly good tool for cooking fish and shellfish. The key is to understand your unit's power to adjust the overall cook time. A microwave's moist, convection heat can gently cook a piece of fish to flaky tenderness and cook shrimp to opaque, pink perfection in a matter of minutes. Make this recipe dairy-free by substituting olive oil for the butter. Leftovers are delicious served cold in over mixed greens or tossed with diced celery, a spoonful of light mayo, and some more chopped fresh herbs for a quick shrimp salad for crackers or to spoon into cucumber cups for easy cocktail party canapés.
Ingredients
Light butter
3 Tbsp, melted
Rosemary
1½ Tbsp, chopped
Fresh oregano
2 tsp, chopped
Fresh basil
2 tsp, chopped
Table salt
¼ tsp
Black pepper
¼ tsp, freshly ground
Garlic
2 clove(s), minced
Uncooked shrimp
1½ pound(s), large, peeled and deveined