These easy shrimp recipes are great for dinner. This list has original recipes as well as classics like shrimp scampi, garlic shrimp and shrimp pad thai.
Shrimp is a great addition to any diet, and it has many benefits. It is low in fat, carbs and calories, and high in protein. It’s also high in omega-3 fatty acids, selenium, choline, and vitamin B12.
These healthy shrimp recipes are so easy for a quick weeknight dinner, especially if you buy pre-cooked frozen shrimp to make them. If you’re a stickler and like to cook shrimp your own way, they’re still pretty easy.
Many of these are one dish meals. Cook everything in one sheet pan or skillet and then you have easy clean up too.
Shrimp Scampi Pasta is one of the yummiest dinners you can throw together in a hurry. It's not hard to keep the ingredients on hand, or substitute other ingredients for missing ones.
This simple recipe has shrimp, andouille sausage, and spring veggies tossed in olive oil and Cajun spice blend. Serve it as is, or over rice or cauliflower rice. If you don't add anything, it's Whole30, Paleo, Keto, gluten free and dairy free.
This is a quick 30 minute version of shrimp scampi you can make at home. It features garlic, white wine and some other mouth-watering seasonings. It's a delicious creamy shrimp pasta dish.
This recipe works as a main dish or appetizer. Because it's air fried, you don't get any of the added fat or calories from deep frying in heavy oil.
Have you ever been to a shrimp boil? Here's a version of that you can make in your crock pot. It's a great way to steam your favorite Southern dish and seafood, corn, potatoes, sausage and Old Bay cooked to perfection.
This recipe has amazing Cajun flavors and doesn’t take much time to make.
It can be an entree or you can serve it over pasta or rice to make it a one dish meal.
This easy recipe features Shirataki Noodles recipe with a delicious herbal cashew pesto sauce and cut green beans. The shrimp is sauteed in all this deliciousness.
Gluten-free, low-carb, and Paleo-friendly.
If you love shrimp fried rice at Chinese restaurants, here's a version you can make it home and just 15 minutes.
This quick delicious recipe is easy to make all in one skillet. It features soy sauce and garlic for flavor.
A perfect weeknight meal that breaks the boredom of “the same old thing” for dinner. This shrimp spaghetti dish can be on the table in less than half an hour and clean up is easy, too.
Shrimp and grits recipes appear regularly in some parts of the south, but this version is original. It uses smoked gouda to give the grits an incredible flavor. And you only need two pans to make it.
This is a very healthy shrimp dish, and a one dish meal. You cook it all in one pan. It features peanuts, stir fry vegetables, shrimp, sprouts and pad thai sauce.
Seafood pasta with shrimp and scallops and lots of garlic is seriously one of the fastest and most delicious meals you can make with pasta.
Let the shrimp sit this delicious marinade for an hour, and then grill them. Couldn't be simpler. Of course you can also cook them any other way you'd like.
Serve on skewers as a main dish, or serve over pasta or rice. You can even serve it over greens and enjoy a shrimp salad.
Quick, easy, and healthy. These shrimp are marinated in fresh herbs, lemon, and smoked paprika, and take very little time to cook. Slather them with butter before serving.
This one is so easy to make. Minimal ingredients and it's ready in 35 minutes with just ten minutes of prep. Garlic is the defining flavor in this one.
This is a version of honey walnut shrimp like they make at Chinese restaurants that you can make at home. It's less heavy and greasy than those, and it's made in a sweet, creamy sauce.
If you love pasta with fresh, light sauces, you need to try this lemon garlic shrimp pasta. It's got just a hint of spice, and you can make it in fifteen minutes.
This is an easy air fryer recipe that can be enjoyed as an appetizer or a main dish. It only takes about 15 minutes to make. It has a delicious marinade.
Air fryer shrimp tacos are quick, easy and delicious. That makes them perfect for busy weeknights.
These air fried shrimp tacos are ready in under 10 minutes and easily customizable based on what you have on hand.
Baked Shrimp Skewers with Vegan Aji Verde Sauce (Gluten Free & Paleo)
This recipe is quick to make in about fifteen minutes. You make your own Aji Verde Sauce for dipping, which features cilantro and tahini for delicious flavor.
This ceviche is a cold soup that you make with just a few ingredients, but it has so much flavor.
This is a 30 minute meal recipe that is perfect for busy nights when you don't have a lot of time for cooking or clean up. The whole dinner cooks on one sheet pan.
In just fifteen minutes you can have this tasty shrimp ready to go. Serve it as the entree with grated parmesan sprinkled over it and a salad or other veggie sides.