Easy & Quick Garlic Shrimp Recipe | How to Make the Easiest Garlic Shrimps
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Serves: 4 Servings
 
Ingredients
  • Shrimps - 30, medium sized, peeled & deveined, tail-on
  • Olive oil - 5 tbsp
  • Garlic - 2 heads / about 15 to 18 cloves
  • Chilli flakes - ½ tsp
  • Paprika - ½ tsp
  • Salt - ½ tsp
  • Pepper - ¼ tsp
  • Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
  • Green onion to garnish
Instructions
  1. If you have got fresh whole shrimps then prepare them first by removing their heads, then peel the skin off but keep their tails on. Then devein each shrimp properly. Wash and drain out all the water.
  2. Finely mince the garlic cloves. You will need a lot of garlic and they need to be finely minced before you start cooking.
  3. Now heat a frying pan until it is medium hot. Then add the olive oil (or any other oil of your choice) and let it warm up a little.
  4. Once the oil is warm, reduce the flame to minimum and add all the minced garlic. Sauté them for a minute on low flame so that they become fragrant without being burnt.
  5. Now add the washed shrimps to the pan and spread them in a single layer. Allow them to cook and turn bright orangish pink for a couple of minutes keeping the flame low.
  6. Season the shrimps with salt & pepper to taste. Give a good stir flipping them over to cook the other side evenly too for 3 to 4 minutes.
  7. Sprinkle chilli flakes and paprika (or red chilli powder) and stir the shrimps to mix the spices evenly. Cook for another minute or until all the shrimps are cooked through.
  8. Switch off the flame. Drizzle lime juice and garnish with freshly chopped green onion. Give a final mix! Your easiest garlic shrimp is ready! Serve over rice or pasta and enjoy!
Recipe by Flavor Quotient at https://flavorquotient.com/2025/07/easy-garlic-shrimp-recipe/