Garlic Shrimp Easy Shrimp Recipes

Published Jan 03, 2020 Updated Oct 01, 2024

Shrimp Recipes

I love shrimp and all kinds of easy shrimp recipes. The key is to cooking shrimp is to bring out its natural, sweet and briny flavors.

Garlic Shrimp

In this garlic shrimp recipe, you’ll learn how to cook shrimp with garlic and simple ingredients for quick and simple shrimp meal. The shrimp dish is super garlicky, buttery, with a tint of citrusy lemon juice. It takes only 10 minutes from start to finish. It goes well with pasta recipes. It’s also great as a main dish or as an appetizer. Top the shrimp with dashes of cayenne pepper and chopped parsley. This garlic butter shrimp is simple to make at home!

How To Make Garlic Shrimp

Shrimp is naturally briny and delicious so the best way to cook shrimp is is a simple saute with garlic. To make this garlic shrimp recipe with garlic sauce, you will need the following ingredients.

Unsalted butter Minced garlic Shell and deveined shrimp, tail on preferred Lemon juice Cayenne pepper

First, heat up a skillet on high heat and add olive oil, butter, garlic and shrimp. Saute the shrimp and season with salt, lemon juice and cayenne pepper for 2-3 minutes. This is one of the best recipes with shrimp! See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.

How To Saute Shrimp

For the best results on sauteed garlic shrimp, please following my cooking tips below:

Use a cast-iron skillet because it is great in heat retention and even heating, making it the best skillet for shrimp recipes. Use a combination of olive oil and melted butter to saute shrimp on stove.

What To Serve With Garlic Shrimp

This meal is best served with skillet garlic bread, easy spaghetti or garlic butter sauteed spinach. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I do. If you try my recipe, please leave a comment and consider giving it a 5-star rating. For more easy and delicious recipes, explore my Recipe Index, and stay updated by subscribing to my newsletter and following me on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for new updates.