Shrimp and Garlic Recipe

This ” Shrimp and Garlic Recipe ” or ” Shrimp and Garlic Sauce ” is a quick 7 minute dish that’s packed with flavor and made with simple ingredients. It’s the perfect easy-to-do dish to make at gatherings with minimal effort or for late weeknight dinners. Serve these over pasta, rice, or bread to soak up all those Yummy sauce. Yum!

If you’re looking for something easy to make but still rich and flavorful. This Shrimp with Garlic Butter Sauce is the perfect go-to. It doubles as a healthy garlic sauce recipe for pasta once you top it over pasta, like a creamy shrimp alfredo. You can also top it over white or fried rice with a side of steamed vegetables to make a complete meal. Make this quick-cook dish extra indulgent with a sprinkling *or handful* of parmesan.

Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Ingredients :

• Shrimp – tender, juicy, and naturally subtly sweet.
• All purpose cream – for the creamy base.
• Quickmelt cheese – or choose any cheese you like.
• Garlic – for an impactful burst of flavor/
• Butter – gives the dish its silky rich taste and texture.
• Salt and Black Pepper – to taste.
•  Parsley – for garnish and to give the dish a nice clean peppery taste.
• Oil – for frying.

Shrimp and Garlic Recipe

Ingredients :

• 500 grams shrimp
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 5 cloves garlic ( minced )
• 1 cup all purpose cream
• 3 tablespoons quickmelt cheese
•  Parsley
• Oil for frying

Steps :

1. Season the shrimps with salt and pepper. Mix well.

2. Heat oil in a pan and cook the shrimps just until they change in color. 1 – 2 minutes on each side. Flip to cook evenly. Set aside.

3. In the same pan, melt butter and saute in garlic until aromatic. Pour in all purpose cream and give it a good mix. Add in quickmelt cheese and cook until these melt.

4. Give it a taste, add salt and pepper if needed. Add in parsley before adding back the shrimp. Cook for 1 – 2 minutes until the sauce clings to shrimp.

5. Serve and enjoy !

Questions:

• Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Calories

This dish has around 260 calories for a serving of 1 cup or 210 grams.

• For  a Low Carb Shrimp Stir Fry

Let’s turn this into a protein filled low carb dish by using olive oil instead of butter, you can also use a low carb all purpose cream, then add in a good amount of vegetables like broccoli, cauliflowers, spinach, bell peppers, carrots, mushrooms, bell peppers, cabbages, and or green onions. Choose vegetables that suit your diet and wallet. Remember to start cooking from the harder vegetables first ( like carrots or potatoes ), to adding the softer ingredients at the end ( such as leafy vegetables, bell peppers or leeks). This is to avoid the softer vegetables from over cooking and turning into mush.

• Is Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Spicy?

No, this version of the recipe is not spicy. But if you do want to add some spice into the dish, add a teaspoon more or less of red pepper flakes. You can also add chili oil, sriracha, or gochujang if you want to add an Asian twist to it.

• Is Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Healthy ?

It can be healthy, while the shrimps, garlic, butter, cream, and cheese each have their own benefits. Consumption of too much can counter the benefits. Please eat the dish in moderation.

• How to Cook shrimp with Shell ?

Cooking and eating the shrimp without its shell is easier. Though cooking it with shell on does give the dish more flavor. If you do choose to cook the shrimp with the shell on, cook these for 2 – 3 minutes on each side until the shell changes in color.

• Additional Shrimp with Garlic Cream Sauce Ingredients
  • A summer favorite would be Lemon Cream Prawn Pasta, made by adding lemon zest when simmering the cream, topping the shrimp cream sauce over pasta then adding lemon on the side for those who want more zest into their dish.
  • Garlic Butter Shrimp with Garlic Powder – if you don’t have fresh garlic available, feel free to add in half a tablespoon or more of garlic powder with the cream or when you season the shrimp. 
  • Shrimp in White Wine Sauce – adding white wine into pasta sauce helps enhance the sauce’s flavor and depth. If you do plan to add white wine, pour in ⅓ or ½ of white wine after cooking the garlic to deglaze the pan before mixing in the cream.
  • Shrimp and Broccoli with Garlic Sauce – add fiber into the mix by adding vegetables like broccoli for shrimp and broccoli stir fry with garlic sauce, cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, beans, spinach, or any type of greens.
  • Shrimp and Chicken with Garlic Sauce – for chicken and shrimp with garlic sauce, use boneless chicken breasts chopped to chunks, or chicken thighs ( these are juicier ). Season similarly to the shrimps. After the shrimps have been cooked and set aside, cook the chicken similarly, just until these have changed in color. Then set aside. Follow with the remaining steps and place the chicken back in with the shrimps after the sauce is ready.
  • Shrimp and Scallops with Garlic Sauce – to make scallops and shrimp with garlic sauce; it’s recommended to use white wine with these as seafood tastes better with it. Cook the shrimps per instructions. After, saute callots until opaque before taking these out. Follow with the remaining steps and place the scallops back in with the shrimps after.
  • Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Filipino style – the Filipino version differs just slightly due to omitting the all purpose cream, and the adding Sprite or any lemon soda into the marinade. Cook the garlic until aromatic with butter, add in the shrimps, then add lemon juice, a few more salt and pepper before garnishing with parsley and if you’d like, a heaping amount of cheese.

• How to Enjoy Shrimp with Garlic Sauce ?

You can top these with al dente cooked pasta noodles, egg noodles, or any type of noodle / pasta to turn this into a “Creamy Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta” ( or Shrimp with Garlic Sauce and Pasta” ). You can serve these with a side of bread and an ice cold drink to enjoy as a filling afternoon snack, or with a side of rice and vegetables to pack for lunch or dinner.

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Shrimp with Garlic Sauce Recipe ( Tagalog )

Mga Sangkap :

• 500 gramo ng hipon
• Asin pan lasa
• Paminta pan lasa
• 3 kutsara ng mantikilya
• 5 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad )
• 1 tasa all purpose cream
• 3 kutsara ng quickmelt cheese
• Perehil
• Mantika pang prito

Paano Lutuin :

1. Timplahin ang mga hipon ng asin at paminta. Haluin ng mabuti.
2. Uminit ng mantika sa kawali, lutuin ang mga hipon hanggang mag iba ng kulay. Mga 1 – 2 minuto sa bawat gilid. Pag baliktarin para pantay ang pagluto. Itabi.
3. Sa parehong kawali, tunawin ang mantikilya at lutuin ang mga bawang hanggang mabango. Ibuhos dito ang all purpose cream at haluin ng mabuti. Haluan ng quickmelt cheese hanggang matunaw ito.
4. Tikman, dagdagan ng asin at paminta kung kinakailangan. Haluan ng perehil bago ibalik dito ang mga hipon. Lutuin ng 1 – 2 minuto hanggang kumapit ang sarsa sa hipon.
5. Ihanda at ienjoy !