Quick and Easy Sautéed Shrimp

A delicious seafood dinner is ready in just 10 minutes with this easy sautéed shrimp recipe. This quick-cooking protein is perfect for busy weeknights and uses just a few pantry staples.

Delicious on its own, with a simple salad, in a bowl with your favorite Tex-Mex ingredients, or wrapped up in tacos, this recipe will make a great addition to your regular rotation.

I've been making a version of this shrimp for many years now. The original inspiration was as part of this shrimp salad recipe that I developed almost a decade ago.

I found myself wanting to tweak that recipe to make it more versatile and not always tie it to that salad, so I updated it a bit and absolutely love the results!

Shrimp is such a quick-cooking protein. I keep it on hand in the freezer for various meals, including this easy seafood pasta, these Vietnamese fresh spring rolls, and this fantastic shrimp cocktail.

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• 🧡 Why we love this recipe
• 📌 Tips
• 💡 Ways to serve sautéed shrimp
• 🥣 Easy sides to pair with sautéed shrimp
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🧡 Why we love this recipe

• It comes together in just 10 minutes!
• The spices are flavorful but not overpowering, making it easy to use in a variety of ways.
• This is a meal that is easily made with ingredients that we always have in the kitchen.
• The cooked shrimp are delicious hot or chilled.

📌 Tips

• Keep frozen shrimp on hand. It's a very quick-thawing ingredient and incredibly versatile.
• Generally speaking, the more prep you have to do for an ingredient, the less it will cost. So if you peel your own shrimp, you'll save some money vs. buying pre-peeled shrimp. The cost will be in the time it takes you to peel your own, though that doesn't take too long.
• Feel free to mix up the seasonings and herb garnish to go with whatever you're serving with the shrimp.
• Be careful not to overcook the shrimp. Once they become opaque, they're done! It happens quickly, usually just 2-4 minutes total for large shrimp.

💡 Ways to serve sautéed shrimp

This shrimp recipe is super versatile. Here are some of my favorite ways to serve it:

• Simply wrapped in tortillas as tacos.
• Over salad greens with creamy balsamic vinaigrette.
• Drizzled with cilantro chimichurri sauce.
• As part of a grain bowl with roasted veggies.
• Paired with mango black bean salsa in bowls or over nachos.
• Over rice in a bowl with restaurant-style guacamole, pico de gallo, quick pickled onions, homemade Greek yogurt, a sprinkling of chopped cilantro and green onions, and lime wedges.

🥣 Easy sides to pair with sautéed shrimp

If you're looking for easy side dishes to pair with the shrimp, here are a few options that work well:

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