Easy Creamy Garlic Shrimp

This creamy garlic shrimp recipe is a delicious and easy dinner recipe served with pasta or crusty bread to mop up the sauce.

Ingredients

Full recipe + amounts can be found in the recipe card below. 

• Shrimp / Prawns. I prefer buying whole shrimp then peeling and cleaning them myself but feel free to use peeled shrimp. Frozen is perfectly fine.
• Butter. 
• Fresh garlic. 
• Chilli flakes. 
• Cajun seasoning.
• Salt and pepper. 
• Cream. Heavy / Whipping cream.
• Lemon juice. 
• Fresh parsley, for garnish.

How to make garlic shrimp

1. Cook the shrimp: Pat the shrimp dry with paper towels then place in a bowl. Season generously with salt and pepper. Heat a large pan over high heat then add the butter and shrimp. Cook until they shrimp are opaque and starting to brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
2. Make the creamy garlic sauce: In the same pan, add another teaspoon of butter then add the garlic and the cajun seasoning. Pour the cream into the pan along with the lemon juice. Bring up to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes until the sauce has reduced and coats the back of a spoon easily.
3. Combine and serve: Add the shrimp back into the pan then allow to heat through for 1-2 minutes. Scatter over the parsley and serve.

Can I freeze this?

I wouldn’t recommend freezing this recipe as the cream might split once thawed. Luckily this recipe cooks so quickly, it can be done in a jiffy.

What to serve with garlic shrimp

1. Easy crusty bread
2. Pasta, of your choice.
3. Steamed rice.
4. 10-minute lemon garlic sautéed broccolini

Shrimp recipes

1. Shrimp Aglio e Olio
2. Spicy garlic shrimp skewers
3. 20-minute Shrimp Stir Fry