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Brown Butter Shrimp with Lemon Barley and Peas

This simmered dish pairs pearled barley, dry with shrimp, peeled and deveined, butter and frozen peas. Adjust the calorie target to automatically scale the ingredients while keeping the proportions of the meal balanced.

Lunch Dinner

Easy

Balanced Heart friendly Pescatarian

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Estimated macros per portion

57 g Protein

65 g Carbohydrates

18 g Fat

17 g Fiber

Ingredients

650 kcal · 1 portion

Ingredient quantities automatically adjust to your calorie target.

63g pearled barley, dry 223 kcal
181g shrimp, peeled and deveined 179 kcal
20g butter 143 kcal
109g frozen peas 88 kcal
5g garlic, minced 7 kcal
14g lemon juice 4 kcal
1g black pepper 2 kcal
1g salt 0 kcal

Cooking instructions

pearled barley
Simmer barley in salted water until tender, 25-30 minutes; drain well.
butter
Meanwhile, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook until it foams and turns nutty brown, 2-3 minutes.
shrimpgarlic
Add garlic and stir 15 seconds, then add shrimp. Cook 1-2 minutes per side until just pink and opaque.
frozen peas
Add peas and a splash of water to the skillet and warm 1 minute.
pearled barleylemon juiceblack peppersalt
Toss cooked barley into the skillet with lemon juice; season with black pepper and a small pinch of salt.
butterlemon juice
Serve immediately, spooning brown butter pan juices over the bowl.