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!
Prep Time10 minutesmins
Cook Time5 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Dinner or Appetizer
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 4people
Calories: 248kcal
Author: Mirlandra
Ingredients
1/3cuphoney
1/4cupsoy sauce
1Tbsp.minced garlic
1tsp.fresh gingerminced
1/4tsp.coarsely ground black pepper
1/8tsp.white pepperoptional
¼tsp.crushed red pepper flakesoptional
1poundraw shrimpsize medium (see note)
1Tbsp.canola oil
1tsp.corn starch
2green onionssliced 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!