Healthy Shrimp Recipes

This 20 minute honey garlic shrimp is a reader favorite recipe. It’s extra quick, very simple, and delivers big flavor. Served with brown rice and vegetables or over a salad, this healthy dish is sure to join your regular dinner rotation.

Are you looking for a super quick, yet flavorful dinner this week? We have it right here for you. This saucy shrimp owes a lot of its flavor to a bold marinade of honey, soy sauce, and garlic, which is music to everyone’s taste buds. For a little extra flavor, we add some minced fresh ginger, but that’s entirely optional.

20 Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp

This 20 minute honey garlic shrimp is a reader favorite recipe. It’s extra quick, very simple, and delivers big flavor. Served with brown rice and vegetables or over a salad, this healthy dish is sure to join your regular dinner rotation.

Prep: 15min

Total: 20min

Yield: 4

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup soy sauce (we usually use reduced sodium)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced (or 1 teaspoon jarred minced garlic)
• optional: 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
• 1 lb medium uncooked shrimp, peeled & deveined
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• optional for garnish: chopped green onion

Instruction:

1. Whisk the honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger (if using) together in a medium bowl. You will use half for the marinade in step 2 and half for cooking the shrimp in step 3.
2. Place shrimp in a large sealable container or zipped-top bag. Pour 1/2 of the marinade/sauce mixture on top, give it all a shake or stir, then allow shrimp to marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or for up to 8-12 hours. Cover and refrigerate the rest of the marinade for step 3. (Time-saving tip: while the shrimp is marinating, we usually steam broccoli and microwave some quick brown rice.)
3. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place shrimp in the skillet. (Discard used marinade.) Cook shrimp on one side until pink, about 45 seconds, then flip shrimp over. Pour in remaining marinade/sauce and cook it all until shrimp is cooked through, about 1-2 more minutes.
4. Serve shrimp with cooked marinade sauce and a garnish of green onion. The sauce is excellent on brown rice and steamed vegetables on the side.

40 Healthy Shrimp Recipes | Citrus Shrimp and Avocado Salad

This simple but totally flavorful shrimp salad makes the perfect meal-prep meal for lunch or dinner thanks to pan-seared citrus-flavored shrimp, creamy avocado, and the crunch of sliced almonds.

Prep: 15min

Total: 15min

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1 g

Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 g, calories 374 kcal, Carbohydrate 14 g, Protein 31 g, Fat 23 g, Saturated Fat 2 g, Cholesterol 286 mg, Sodium 906 mg, Fiber 7 g, Sugar 2 g

Ingredients:

• 1 pound medium Pan-Seared Citrus Shrimp
• 8 cups greens ((such as arugula, spinach, or spring mix))
• Fruity or lemon-flavored extra virgin olive oil
• Juice of 1/2 lemon or 1/2 orange
• 1 avocado (, sliced or diced)
• 1 shallot (, minced)
• 4 ounces sliced almonds (, toasted)
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instruction:

1. Prepare the recipe for the Pan-Seared Citrus Shrimp, or gently warm the leftover shrimp. Or, if you prefer, serve the shrimp chilled.
2. Toss the shrimp with the salad greens in a large bowl.
3. Lightly drizzle with olive oil, and if desired, some of the sauce remaining from the shrimp with a generous squeeze of citrus, and toss lightly to coat.
4. Add the avocado, shallots and sliced almonds and then season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve.

Healthy Honey Garlic Shrimp – 15 Minute Meal Prep

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What is the best thing to eat with shrimp?

• Sauteed Spinach.
• Sous Vide Asparagus.
• Roasted Delicata Squash.
• Elote-Style Carrots.
• Instant Pot Corn on the Cob.
• Zucchini Fries.
• Air Fryer Brussel Sprouts.
• Shishito Peppers.

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