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Spicy garlic shrimp

If you're looking for a shrimp recipe that's packed with flavor, then this is the one for you! These shrimp are seasoned with garlic, chili powder, cumin, and paprika, then cooked until they're nice and crispy. Serve them over rice or quinoa for a complete meal.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course
Servings 4
Calories 328 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 2 Tbsp Chili Oil with Chili Flakes Lao Gan Ma
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 3 Tbsp unsalted Butter
  • 10 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 Lb deveined 31/40 shrimp
  • 1 Tbsp Shaoxing wine or rice wine if you don’t want alcohol in your cooking, then use water.
  • 3 green onion chopped
  • 1 red chili or green chili sliced (optional).
  • Approximately chop handful of cilantro
  • Garnish with french onion or fried shallot
  • Lime or lemon wedge

Instructions
 

  • In a small bowl, combine oyster sauce, honey and chili oil with chili flake and black pepper.
  • Place butter in a large skillet on high heat. Let it melt and bubble. Sauce the garlic with butter until it is light golden around the edges, about one minute.
  • Combine shrimp with garlic and mix well. Pour the wine into the skillet and let it cool. Mix the sauce and heat. Shrimp should be cooked for no more than 2 minutes.
  • Mix in the chopped green onion, chili, and cilantro. Garnish with fried shallot, and serve with lime or lemon wedges. Enjoy!