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Easy, Garlicky Weeknight Shrimp Should Be in Your Dinner Rotation

A skillet full of shrimp with stir-fried vegetables offers a complete meal in less than 30 minutes.
Easy, Garlicky Weeknight Shrimp Should Be in Your Dinner Rotation
Every cook has lots of options to customize the dish. JeanMarie Brownson/TCA
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Shrimp ranks among the easiest, leanest proteins to cook for a speedy weeknight meal. Set the skillet over high heat, add a modicum of oil, and then stir-fry to tenderness in less than 4 minutes. That’s it.

When those shrimps are peeled and deveined before cooking, we serve them warm simply with a dish of horseradish-spiked cocktail sauce and a side salad and call it dinner. Or we pile them into a soft bun, drizzle with chipotle mayo, and a tuft of finely shredded lettuce, for a weekend lunch.

JeanMarie Brownson
JeanMarie Brownson
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JeanMarie Brownson is a James Beard Award-winning author and the recipient of the IACP Cookbook Award for her latest cookbook, “Dinner at Home.” JeanMarie, a chef and authority on home cooking, Mexican cooking and specialty food, is one of the founding partners of Frontera Foods. She co-authored three cookbooks with chef Rick Bayless, including “Mexico: One Plate at a Time.” JeanMarie has enjoyed developing recipes and writing about food, travel and dining for more than four decades. ©2022 JeanMarie Brownson. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.