Honey Garlic Shrimp – Easy Shrimp Dinner

This simple and delicious Honey Garlic Shrimp is easy to make and will please the whole family!

I am obsessed with this honey garlic shrimp.  OB. SESSED.  I’ve made it twice just this week and am eyeing the menu plan and wondering if I can sneak it in one more time.

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Honey garlic shrimp is the perfect combination of buttery, sweet, and salty with just the right amount of garlic.

Honey Garlic Shrimp

Ohhhhh, I am writing this at 11PM and it’s seriously crossing my mind to take a quick break and make another batch of honey garlic shrimp.  Not only is this shrimp dish delicious (deeeeelishus), it’s insanely easy to make.

Honest to goodness, it takes about five minutes from start to finish.  Fifteen if you’re using frozen shrimp.  (Do you hear angels singing?  I’m pretty sure I do).

My eight year old doesn’t like shrimp.  Really and seriously he doesn’t like shrimp.  It’s his one “pass food” that I won’t make him eat even if it’s what I served the whole family for dinner.

He voluntarily ate two bowls of this Honey Garlic Shrimp.  And then he asked if I was going to finish mine.  (I was).  (And I did).

I did feel a little mom-guilt over my failure to indulge his new-found love of shrimp (yay), so of course, we made it again two nights later.  Hashtag, sacrifices.

This honey garlic shrimp especially speaks to us, because we are hard core honey lovers at my house.  As a sweetener, binder, flavor enhancer, and spooned directly into our mouths.  Honey for president is what I say.  Whoop, whoop!

I’d ask if you love honey as much as I do, but I’m pretty sure it’s not possible because I am honey’s #1 fan.

Okay, that’s actually a lie. My six year old Stephen is honey’s #1 fan.  He would drink it from the bottle if we let him. (Which we don’t).  (Promise).

On top of that, I consider garlic it’s own special food group.  We use it in alllllll the things.  So when you combine the two flavors – it makes magggggic.

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If you love our Honey Garlic Shrimp, then make sure to check out these other delicious honey inspired recipes!

Lemon Cookies with Honey Lemon Drizzle – Start with a box cake mix and end with the softest lemon cookies.  Top with a honey lemon glaze and serve with hot tea. Ohhhhh, yes.

Honey Mustard Vinaigrette Broccoli Slaw – Sometimes I make this broccoli slaw and hide it from my family so I don’t have to share.  I also totally cheat and buy the preshredded broccoli in the produce section of my market.  No shame in my game!

Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken – If shrimp isn’t your game, then try this honey garlic chicken made in the slow cooker instead.  Only a few ingredients and almost no prep!  We like to serve it with roasted broccoli!

Cinnamon Honey Butter for Popcorn – This popcorn tastes like a cross between french toast and cinnamon toast crunch cereal.  Which is to say, it tastes ahhhhhmazing.

The Ultimate Honey Mustard Glaze – Our honey mustard glaze is perfect on chicken, or ham, or as a dipping sauce!  Everyone asks for the recipe after they’ve tried it!

Honey Garlic Shrimp making tools

• 15″ Cast Iron Skillet – If you watch our live cooking show, you know that we use this giant cast iron skillet allll the time!  It’s perfect for cooking an entire meal for a large family!
• White ceramic dishware – I love white dishes because you can tell with a glance whether they’ve been cleaned.  With five kids, this is a real thing.
• Ceramic soup bowls – there is literally no such thing as too many bowls.  I heart bowls.  So much.
• Colorful cotton bandanas (we use them as napkins!) – sometime around 2012 I decided I’d had enough of paper napkins and paper towels.  We were going through such a ridiculous amount and it felt like I was just throwing money directly into the trash.  So, I ordered 100 (yes!) bandannas and here we are five years later still using them!  It’s perfect.
• Stainless steel soup ladle – my soup ladle is constantly going missing.  Does this happen at other people’s homes?

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How to make Honey Garlic Shrimp

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Honey Garlic Shrimp Recipe

Created by: April Woods

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

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Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 3 tablespoons of butter
• ▢ 1 1/2 pounds shrimp peeled & deveined
• ▢ 4 tablespoons honey
• ▢ 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt more to taste if you're using unsalted butter
• ▢ optional garnish: green onion, chives, sesame seeds

Instructions

• In a large skillet, melt butter on high heat.  Add garlic powder, salt, and honey.  Stir and mix ingredients well.
• When pan  is very hot (not quite screaming, but close) and the honey butter mixture is starting to bubble, add shrimp.
• Cook about 5 minutes until shrimp is totally pink and opaque, and you see no more grey bits.
• If your shrimp released a lot of liquid (this sometimes happens when using previously frozen shrimp), you can remove it to a bowl and simmer the sauce down to your desired consistency.  Pour sauce over shrimp to serve, and garnish with green onion or chives.
• Enjoy!

Notes

I prefer to use clarified butter if possible because it has a higher smoke point, and more intense 'butter' flavor.  Regular butter will work fine too though!

Nutrition

Calories: 220kcal

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Honey Garlic Shrimp Recipe, Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons of butter (I prefer clarified butter if possible because it has a higher smoke point, and more intense ‘butter’ flavor.  Regular butter will work fine too though!)
• 1 1/2 pounds shrimp, peeled & deveined
• 4 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (more to taste if you’re using unsalted butter)
• optional garnish: green onion or chives

Honey Garlic Shrimp Recipe, Directions:

1. In a large skillet, melt butter on high heat.  Add garlic powder, salt, and honey.  Stir and mix ingredients well.
2. When pan  is very hot (not quite screaming, but close) and the honey butter mixture is starting to bubble, add shrimp.
3. Cook about 5 minutes until shrimp is totally pink and opaque, and you see no more grey bits.
4. If your shrimp released a lot of liquid (this sometimes happens when using previously frozen shrimp), you can remove it to a bowl and simmer the sauce down to your desired consistency.  Pour sauce over shrimp to serve, and garnish with green onion or chives.
5. Enjoy!

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