Spicy Garlic Sriracha Shrimp
This spicy garlic Sriracha shrimp recipe rocks! I posted it on Babble.com last month and it received rave reviews. Sriracha has so much flavor and spice it compliments fresh shrimp beautifully. I saw a version of this recipe in Bon Appetit magazine. I made a few tweaks but overall it is their recipe. I must warn you though… it’s spicy. So if you are concerned about heat, don’t use as much of the Sriracha sauce or serve a little bit of plain yogurt as a dip and to cool off those sizzling hot shrimp!
Spicy Garlic Sriracha Shrimp
Recipe type: Appetizer, Entree, Main, Seafood
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Serves: 4
Easy and spicy shrimp with garlic, fresh herbs and Sriracha hot chile sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb wild caught gulf shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 2 TBSP unsalted butter
- 5 TBSP Sriracha sauce
- 5 garlic cloves, diced
- 2 TBSP fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 2 TBSP fresh mint leaves, chopped
- 2 TBSP lemon zest
- Sea salt
Instructions
- Place butter and Sriracha sauce in a large stainless steel skillet and stir until butter is melted.
- Add garlic.
- Add shrimp and cook for 2-3 minutes (turning shrimp frequently) until shrimp is almost done.
- Add lemon zest (I usually zest it right over the pan,) mint and basil leaves.
- Gently toss to coat shrimp in herbs.
- Season with salt.
- Serve immediately.
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Mmmmm ‘sizzling hot shrimp’ sounds great!
I have made this recipe twice – LOVE IT!!! So easy – quick and most certainly, delicious!
Thank you for sharing.
Karen
This was wonderful! I can’t believe how simple it is for such deliciousness! I shared it on my blog with a link back to you. Thanks!
Good morning~I have featured this recipe on my blog for my weekly seafood round-up and have linked this recipe to your original post so that my readers will be forwarded to your site. Thank you for allowing me to share! Here is the link: http://carriesexperimentalkitchen.blogspot.com/2012/11/seafood-frenzy-friday-week-41.html
You had me at shrimp and then I saw basil AND mint! Yes please…this is going on my menu for next week! Thanks for sharing!