Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheight.

More than likely you’ve bought the frozen shrimp. If so, remove from freezer and thaw at room temperature.

Rinse shrimp and place in a baking pan. For the colossal shrimp I left the shells on.

Melt butter in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Add minced onion to melted butter and cook for about 1 minute or just until the garlic aroma is present.

Add lemon juice from half of the lemon to butter garlic mixture and stir to combine.

Place shrimp in an oven safe pan an pour melted butter and garlic over shrimp. Rearrange shrimp so all shrimps are covered with lemon garlic butter mixture and allow to rest for about 5 minutes.

Bake shrimp in preheated oven until shrimps are cooked through (about 15 – 25 minutes for the colossal shrimp). Baked shrimp will appear firm, pink and opaque when ready.

Plan accordingly and why not make an appetizer of homemade hush puppies.

Serve baked shrimp with wild rice, steamed broccoli and fresh lemon slices.

Note: The extra lemon garlic butter can be used for dipping if desired. Just place the mixture in individual serving butter warmers.