15 Minute Sticky Honey Garlic Shrimp: A Fast & Healthy Dinner

Sticky honey garlic shrimp is a fast and healthy dinner full of flavor with just the right amount of stickiness. This Asian take on shrimp is always a hit! Serve it over rice or individually as a party food if you like.  Either way, be prepared for it to disappear quickly!

Cooking Sticky Honey Garlic Shrimp

Love shrimp?  So do we!  This 15 minute sticky honey garlic shrimp was popular at our house from the first day I made it.  The dish is fast and simple.  The flavor is excellent.  In the end you get a meal that is better than restaurant quality for a fraction of the price and very little effort.

I put some rice in my rice cooker to steam while I make this and if I’m feeling really energetic I cook up some broccoli or make a salad too.  The only problem with this recipe?  It is intended to serve four but Jonathan can eat the entire pound of shrimp by himself…

Have a great week.  Thanks for stopping by to cook with me!

Tools In This Post:  Having a good quality rice maker is a worthwhile investment if you like to make rice on the fly for simple dinners like this. I recommend investing in one with fuzzy logic technology for more precise cooking.  We have had this one more than five years and still love it.

Love simple seafood recipes?  Check out this quick Baked Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze.  Tasty, fast and healthy!

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15 Minute Sticky Honey Garlic Shrimp: A Fast & Healthy Dinner

Sticky honey garlic shrimp is a fast and healthy dinner full of flavor with just the right amount of stickiness. This Asian take on shrimp is always a hit! Serve it over rice or individually as a party food if you like. Either way, be prepared for it to disappear quickly!

Course Dinner or Appetizer

Cuisine Asian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 248kcal

Author Mirlandra

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup honey
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
• 1 tsp. fresh ginger minced
• 1/4 tsp. coarsely ground black pepper
• 1/8 tsp. white pepper optional
• ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes optional
• 1 pound raw shrimp size medium (see note)
• 1 Tbsp. canola oil
• 1 tsp. corn starch
• 2 green onions sliced thinly on the diagonal

Instructions

• Serving Suggestion: For a fast dinner toss some rice in the rice maker before you start the shrimp and steam up some broccoli or heat up some frozen broccoli. Alternately these shrimp go great over stir fried veggies or even just by themselves! Party food anybody?
• In a small bowl, whisk everything together except the shrimp, corn starch and onions.
• Place the shrimp in a bowl and pour about half the sauce over it, stirring to coat.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp to the hot oil. Cook about 1 minute, stirring at least once.
• Whisk corn starch into the rest of the marinade and add to the pan. Cook about one more minute until shrimp are cooked through. Tip: Shrimp turn a nice light pink right through to the middle when they are cooked. Cut open the thickest part of a shrimp if you want to double check.
• Sprinkle green onions over the shrimp and serve hot over rice or on a plate. (Rice is a great delivery system for the delicious sauce on the shrimp.)

Notes

Choosing Shrimp: You can buy shrimp fresh or frozen but do make sure it is raw shrimp – not something already cooked. You can buy any size you like but medium works well for this and if you buy smaller or bigger shrimp you will need to adjust the cooking time accordingly. Select peeled or unpeeled, tail on or off as you prefer. Just remember if you have to peel the shrimp that will take more time!

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

15 Minute Sticky Honey Garlic Shrimp: A Fast & Healthy Dinner

Amount Per Serving

Calories 248 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value*

Fat 5g8%

Cholesterol 285mg95%

Sodium 1693mg71%

Potassium 152mg4%

Carbohydrates 25g8%

Sugar 23g26%

Protein 24g48%

Vitamin A 60IU1%

Vitamin C 5.8mg7%

Calcium 172mg17%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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