Easy Honey Garlic Shrimp - just 6 ingredients and just 20 minutes • Zona Cooks

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This Honey Garlic Shrimp is super easy and delicious, uses just 6 ingredients, 7 easy steps, and is ready in just 20 minutes. The savory sauce marinade is made by mixing together typical pantry staples of honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger.

The honey garlic sauce is also excellent served over rice and steamed veggies. Prepare your side dishes while the shrimp is marinating.

Why I love this recipe

This is a perfect dinner or lunch recipe for two or a romantic date night meal. The honey shrimp works great as lettuce wraps filling as well. It’s an easy recipe for busy weeknights.

Honey Garlic Shrimp in a bowl with broccoli and rice. — Honey Garlic Shrimp Recipe

This is a perfect dinner or lunch recipe for two or a romantic date night meal.

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Simple Ingredients

(amounts are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of the post)

honey

regular soy sauce (or low-sodium)

jarred minced garlic

ground ginger

large shrimp

oil

Substitutions and Additions

Spice it up by adding red pepper flakes, chili flakes, or hot sauce.

Equipment used for this recipe

How to make easy Honey Garlic Shrimp

Step 1 – Whisk the honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger in a medium bowl.

Step 2 – Place the shrimp in a zipped-top bag or a bowl with a lid. Pour 1/2 of the marinade mixture on top, and stir to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or for up to 8-12 hours.

Step 3 – Cover and refrigerate the rest of the marinade. We’ll use it when cooking the shrimp.

Step 4 – Preheat the oil in a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Drain the shrimp then place it in the hot pan.

Step 5 – Cook the shrimp on one side until pink, about 1 minute, and then turn them over.

Step 6 – Pour in the reserved marinade on top of the shrimp and cook it all until the shrimp is cooked through, about 1 minute more.

Step 7 – Serve the shrimp topped with the cooked marinade sauce and garnish with green onions, toasted sesame seeds, or chives if desired.

Honey Garlic Shrimp over rice and broccoli. — Easy Honey Garlic Shrimp – 20 Minutes

Pro Tips

I use frozen packaged shrimp labeled “peeled, deveined, and tails removed” for even easier meal prep but you can also use fresh.

If using jumbo shrimp cooking time will increase a little.

Store leftover shrimp in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4-5 days.

Recipe FAQs

What goes well with honey shrimp?

Try serving this easy shrimp recipe with a side of white rice, jasmine rice, snow peas, cauliflower rice, or green beans.

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Yield: Serves 2

Honey Garlic Shrimp

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce (or regular soy sauce)
1 teaspoon jarred minced garlic
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 pound thawed uncooked large shrimp (peeled, deveined and tails removed)
1 teaspoon canola oil (or olive oil, or sesame oil)
Optional for garnish - chopped green onion, toasted sesame seeds, or chives

Instructions

Whisk the honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger in a medium bowl.
Place the raw shrimp in a zip-top bag or a bowl with a lid. Pour 1/2 of the marinade mixture on top, and stir to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or for up to 8-12 hours.
Cover and refrigerate the remaining marinade. It is used when cooking the shrimp.
Preheat the oil in a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Drain the shrimp then place it in the large skillet.
Cook the shrimp on one side until pink, about 1 minute, and then turn them over.
Pour in the reserved marinade over the pan-seared shrimp and cook until the shrimp is cooked through, about 1 minute more.
Serve the shrimp topped with the cooked marinade sauce and garnish with green onion or chives if desired. Tastes great served over rice and broccoli.

Notes

I use frozen packaged shrimp labeled “peeled, deveined, and tails removed” for even easier meal prep but you can also use fresh.
If using jumbo shrimp cooking time will increase a little.
Store leftover shrimp in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4-5 days.