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This easy honey garlic shrimp is coated in a mouthwatering sticky garlic glaze, and yet it comes together in minutes from just a handful of pantry staples.
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Honey Garlic Shrimp

With plump juicy prawns glazed in a sticky honey garlic sauce, this easy honey garlic shrimp recipe comes together in minutes from a handful of pantry staples.
Course Entree
Cuisine American
Keyword shrimp
Level Beginner
Main Ingredient Shellfish
Diet Dairy-Free, Pescatarian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 13 minutes
Servings 2 servings
Calories 278kcal
Author Marc Matsumoto

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons dry white wine
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 15 grams garlic (2 large cloves garlic minced)
  • 300 grams shrimp (15 jumbo)
  • ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • Flat-leaf parsley (for garnish)
  • Lemon (sliced for garnish)
Grams + US Cups - US Standard

Instructions

  • Make the sauce mixture by combining the 2 tablespoons dry white wine, 2 tablespoons honey, and ¼ teaspoon salt in a bowl and stirring until the salt and honey dissolve.
    2 tablespoons dry white wine, 2 tablespoons honey, ¼ teaspoon salt
    Mixing white wine and honey to make honey garlic sauce.
  • Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat and then add the 1 tablespoon olive oil and 15 grams garlic. Sauté the garlic until it's fragrant and just starting to turn a light brown around the edges.
    1 tablespoon olive oil, 15 grams garlic
    Sautéing garlic in olive oil.
  • Add the 300 grams shrimp and spread it out in a single layer. Let it fry until it's cooked about ⅓ of the way through. Cooking time will vary depending on the size of your prawns, so look for them to turn orange. 
    300 grams shrimp
    Shrimp and garlic frying in a pan.
  • Flip the prawns over, then add the ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper.
    ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
    Tossing shrimp and garlic in a plan.
  • Add the sauce and turn up the heat to high to quickly reduce the sauce into a thick glaze.
    Honey garlic sauce caramelizing around shrimp in a pan.
  • Serve garnished with chopped Flat-leaf parsley and Lemon slices, accompanied by white rice.
    Flat-leaf parsley, Lemon
    Garnishing honey garlic shrimp with lemons.

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Nutrition

Calories: 278kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 242mg | Sodium: 480mg | Potassium: 458mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 149IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 1mg