Description
This Garlic Butter Shrimp Stack is a delicious and elegant dish that layers seasoned shrimp, avocado, pickled cucumber-onion mix, and rice, drizzled with a flavorful garlic butter sauce. Perfect for a special dinner or impressive lunch.
Ingredients
Scale
For the Shrimp:
- 1 lb large shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves (minced)
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- salt and black pepper to taste
For the Rice Stack:
- 2 cups cooked jasmine or basmati rice
- 1 avocado (diced)
- 1 small cucumber (diced)
- 1/4 cup red onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon sriracha (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley or cilantro
Instructions
- Cook the Shrimp: In a skillet, heat olive oil and butter, sauté garlic, add shrimp, paprika, salt, and pepper. Cook until pink. Squeeze lemon juice over shrimp.
- Prepare Rice Stack: Mix cucumber, red onion, and rice vinegar; mash avocado with salt. Assemble layers in a food ring: rice, avocado, cucumber-onion mix, shrimp. Drizzle with garlic butter.
- Final Touches: Mix mayonnaise with sriracha for a spicy drizzle. Garnish with parsley or cilantro. Serve immediately.
Notes
- To keep the layers neat, press each layer down gently before adding the next.
- This dish can also be served deconstructed as a bowl.
- Use cauliflower rice for a low-carb option.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop, Assembled
- Cuisine: Fusion
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stack
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 19 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 23 g
- Cholesterol: 145 mg
