Lemon Garlic Shrimp with Chickpeas

Flavorful Lemon Garlic Shrimp with Chickpeas simply made in below half-hour all on one pan with just some easy substances!  Perfect as an appetizer, on prime of a salad and even as a essential dish!

Is there truthfully a greater taste mixture than lemon and garlic? This straightforward sheet pan meal comes collectively so shortly with just some easy substances! Best half is this complete meal is packed with 31g of protein per serving! My complete household loves this lemon garlic shrimp with chickpeas as a result of the flavors are tremendous recent which is ideal for this time of yr.

Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Healthy and scrumptious protein-packed meal that comes collectively in simply half-hour!
• Everything is roasted multi function pan for straightforward clean-up.
• Chickpeas are a nutrient-packed superfood, with numerous protein and fiber that assist preserve you full for longer.
• Fresh lemon juice and flavorful garlic make this dish SO scrumptious!
• Tastes nice served as a facet dish, as a essential meal and even topped on a salad.

Ingredients You’ll Need

• shrimp – you’ll wish to use medium to large-sized uncooked shrimp and it’s all the time a lot simpler to purchase shrimp that has already been deveined and peeled, however be happy to buy what you want greatest!  You can even use frozen shrimp, simply make sure that to thaw in a single day within the fridge or run them below chilly water in the event you don’t have
  the time for an in a single day thaw.
• chickpeas – I used 2 (15 oz) cans of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) that are packed with protein and fiber, simply make sure that to empty and rinse the chickpeas.
• olive oil – I like to make use of a superb olive oil that doesn’t need to be costly, simply make sure that it’s cold-pressed and natural for essentially the most taste (in my view). You may additionally use melted butter rather than the oil in the event you choose.
• lemons – you’ll the juice of about 1 1/2 lemons and be happy so as to add a little bit zest too in order that the lemon taste actually comes by!  Feel free to squeeze a little bit further lemon juice on all the things on the finish too.
• garlic – I LOVE utilizing recent garlic in my recipes, however you should use jarred minced garlic if that’s what you’ve got available.
• seasonings – a mixture of paprika, garlic powder, pink pepper flakes, salt and pepper.

How to Make Lemon Garlic Shrimp with Chickpeas

1. Roast the chickpeas. Rinse and drain the chickpeas, ensuring to pat them dry with a paper towel. Toss the chickpeas with one tablespoon every of olive oil and lemon juice and season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Arrange chickpeas in a fair layer on a big sheet pan (or baking dish) and bake at 400 levels F for 20 minutes. For crispier chickpeas, bake for 25 to half-hour.
2. Marinate shrimp. Meanwhile, toss the shrimp with one tablespoon of olive oil, juice of 1 lemon (about 2 tablespoons), garlic, lemon zest, pink pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a big bowl ensuring the shrimp are evenly coated. Allow the shrimp combination to marinate for 10 to fifteen minutes whereas the chickpeas are cooking.
3. Add shrimp to pan. Once the chickpeas have completed roasting, unfold the marinated shrimp over the roasted chickpeas and place a couple of lemon slices over prime (that is optionally available, however provides extra lemon taste). Return the sheet pan again into the oven and roast a further 8 to 10 minutes. Shrimp needs to be pink in coloration and opaque.
4. Serve and revel in! Once the shrimp and chickpeas are completed cooking, squeeze a little bit further lemon juice overtop and garnish with recent parsley.

Can I Use Frozen Cooked Shrimp?

I get asked this rather a lot with my shrimp recipes and sure you positively can!  I wish to preserve a bag of frozen shrimp in my freezer to make fast meals like this throughout the week. Just make sure that thaw out the shrimp utterly in a single day or run them below chilly water in the event you don’t have the time to thaw.

How to Serve

• Serve as a essential dish with some brown rice, cauliflower rice or these sautéed greens.
• Makes a scrumptious facet dish served alongside cooked salmon, rooster and even steak for a little bit surf and turf fashion dinner.
• As an appetizer served in mini cups for particular person servings or on a platter.
• Throw it on prime of a salad for a healthy, filling meal! Drizzle with my lemon dijon herb dressing for optimum taste.

Prepping and Storage

Leftovers will last as long as 3 or 4 days within the fridge (use your greatest judgment in fact). You can even freeze this meal for as much as 2 months.  When desirous to reheat, I recommend thawing the frozen shrimp first and re-heating all the things in a skillet moderately than a microwave for greatest outcomes!

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