Shrimp is the ultimate dinner hero—quick to cook, delicious, and versatile enough to work in a variety of dishes.
These easy shrimp recipes are perfect for busy weeknights or laid-back weekends.
With minimal prep and maximum flavor, shrimp makes it simple to whip up a restaurant-worthy meal right in your kitchen.
Let’s dive into some tasty ideas that will make dinner the highlight of your day!
#1 Shrimp Recipe
In addition to cooking the prawns, this video shows you how to clean them to get the best results. Never, ever throw away raw shrimp shells!
They are the base of an excellent seafood broth that is used in many recipes: rice, pasta or a delicious seafood soup.
This recipe can be made with prawns, king prawns or even Norway lobsters. Use the shellfish you prefer but it must be raw and in the shell; peeled shellfish will not work!
What ingredients do I need for this recipe?
Raw shrimp or prawns.
4 cloves of garlic.
Olive oil.
White wine.
Parsley, bay leaf and paprika.
Cornstarch, a teaspoon.
Olive oil.
Directions:
Let’s clean prawns.
Separate the head from the tail.
In the area of the legs, open the shell…
as if it were a book.
Hold the tip of the tail if you want to leave it,
I leave them with the tail.
A cut in the loin,
to remove the intestines.
A little water in case there is any rest.
Do not throw away the peels, they are essential for this recipe.
Olive oil, two tablespoons.
Two whole garlic cloves
Low heat, the oil picks up the flavor of garlic.
Sauté the shells.
Pinch of salt.
Crush the shells with the spoon.
When it is orange, add half a glass of white wine.
A bay leaf.
Half a liter of water.
Cook 20 – 30 minutes. moderate fire.
Filter the broth.
Filtering with cloth is convenient, there are many impurities.
Look at everything that stays here!
This broth is full of flavor!
Olive oil, 3 tablespoons.
Two whole garlic cloves
Fry the prawns. high heat 2 minutes.
now pour the broth into the pan.
A teaspoon of cornstarch,
two or three tablespoons of cold water.
Dissolve the cornstarch.
Add to the prawn broth and stir for a few minutes.
Pinch of paprika (sweet or spicy).
If you can do this, the sauce is ready.
Prawns in!
Parsley and the table.
#2 Shrimp Recipe
What ingredients do I need for this recipe?
Shrimp or raw shrimp, 700 g.
Half an onion.
Garlic, 3 – 4 cloves.
Canned roasted peppers, 100 g.
White wine, a glass.
Cream for cooking, 150 ml.
Olive oil, salt, pepper.
It is important that the peppers are roasted, either canned or made by you. The time in the recipe is not enough for some raw peppers to be well cooked. The flavor of the sauce on the prawns is amazing.
Raw prawns.
Separate the head and remove the shell.
A cut in the loin to remove the intestines.
Salt.
Pepper.
Half chopped onion.
3 garlic cloves, minced.
Canned roasted peppers, 100 g.
A glass of white wine.
Olive oil, 2 tablespoons.
First cook the onion and garlic,
when the onion is poached, add the peppers.
Pinch of salt.
Paprika, a tablespoon (paprika).
It is the turn of white wine.
Bring to a boil,
Cooking cream, 150 ml.
Again, bring to a boil.
Blend until you get a very fine cream.
Olive oil, 2 tablespoons.
Sauté the prawns over high heat.
In 2 minutes they are done.
they should be like this, barely cooked.
Pour the sauce over the prawns and remove from the heat, immediately!
Parsley, optional.
