Now we’re really innovating. No chocolate or caramel this week, we’re going savory and not just regular savory, but seafood savory!
The original recipe is a rather simple lemon chive pepper muffin, and I thought it’s time for a real experiment. So I added one of my favorite foods: shrimp!
In the end: we had a giant Butter Garlic Shrimp and Cilantro Muffin!
I used medium sized shrimp which were sautéed in a tablespoon of butter and 4-5 crushed garlic cloves. The cilantro replaced the chives, the tang of lemon and punch of pepper gave it that final touch of perfection.
However, my greed to stuff in as many shrimps as possible into a single muffin led me to make giant muffins and it turns out this was a mistake. I’m going to make these smaller the next time so that they can be paired perfectly with a bowl of soup.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- ¾ cup milk
- ⅓ cup butter, melted and cooled
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 8 to 10 medium sized shrimp
- 4-5 cloves of garlic crushed
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- salt
- Heat oven to 400F. Grease bottoms only of muffin cups or line with paper baking cups.
- Heat the butter in a heavy bottom pan and add the garlic. Saute it for a 20 seconds until fragrant and add the shrimp. Cook for 3-4 minutes till the shrimp is cooked. Add salt.
- In medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, pepper, salt, lemon peel and cilantro; mix well.
- Add milk, melted butter, egg and shrimp; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fill greased muffin cups ¾ full.
- Bake at 400 F for 15 to 20 minutes or until light golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 1 minute; remove from muffin cups.
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Happy Baking!
I love the idea of a savory muffin!
Your muffins sound like a real food adventure. I absolutely need to know what it tastes like with garlic and shrimp and cilantro! I bet their luscious.
Well, you had me at shrimp and garlic butter! When I was little and had just moved to Caracas, my family lived for a few weeks in a hotel until our house was ready. We ate dinner several times a week at an Italian restaurant called Da Pipo. The shrimp scampi was a favorite because there is hardly anything more delicious than shrimp cooked with garlic and butter that you can sop up with a piece of bread. You have made a shrimp scampi muffin and I adore it!
I would have never thought to add shrimp to a muffin. It’s like a whole meal in a muffins! Great idea!
These muffins sound fantastic! I can’t say I’ve ever had shrimp in a muffin and these have me intrigued. Yum!
This is so interesting.. I would have never thought of this combination for a savoury muffin.. this would be lovely with a soup.. what a lovely dinner that would be!!
Shrimps in muffins? hmm…butter garlic sounds like perfect combination…..in muffins? curious!
Love a savory muffin! I love the idea of putting shrimp in it! YUMMY!!!!!
Really nice to see savory muffins from time to time. This is one of those savory ones that looks really delectable. :)
Giant savoury, shrimp-filled muffins are never a mistake! Your ingenuity and brilliance with muffins never cease to amaze me – I would’ve never thought to put these delicious ingredients into a muffin! I.love.these.
What a great seafood savory twist to muffins!
Very very creative, and oh so cute! And I bet completely delicious!
its like the best of both worlds- yummy garlic shrimp and a muffin! Would love to make these for dinner
These muffins are fantastic!!! What a great idea to add shrimp in a muffin. :)
I love this savory muffin idea. I do agree that they would be wonderful with soup but I wouldn’t mind having them just for dinner:)
That is such a gourmet muffin :)
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I love that you added shrimp, that sounds like a light meal on the go! They look delicious, Hugs, Terra
Wow, seafood… That’s a heavyweight muffin! :D
Savory muffins are great. These remind me of a much better version of the biscuits/muffins they serve at Red Lobster. Thank you for sharing sweet friend. I’m nursing a bit of a cold, and this post warmed me right up. I hope you are having a happy end to your week!