Quick & Healthy Dinner: 20 Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp
This quick & healthy dinner features honey garlic shrimp cooked in 20 minutes, perfect for a weeknight meal.
Equipment
- skillet
- medium bowl
- large sealable container
Ingredients
Sauce Ingredients
- ⅓ cup honey
- ¼ cup soy sauce we usually use reduced sodium
- 2 cloves garlic minced (or 1 teaspoon jarred minced garlic)
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger minced, optional
Shrimp Ingredients
- 1 lb medium uncooked shrimp peeled & deveined
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- chopped green onion optional for garnish
Instructions
Cooking Instructions
- Whisk the honey, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger (if using) together in a medium bowl. You will use half for the marinade in step 2 and half for cooking the shrimp in step 3.
- Place shrimp in a large sealable container or zipped-top bag. Pour ½ of the marinade/sauce mixture on top, give it all a shake or stir, then allow shrimp to marinate in the refrigerator for 15 minutes or for up to 8-12 hours. Cover and refrigerate the rest of the marinade for step 3.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Place shrimp in the skillet. (Discard used marinade.) Cook shrimp on one side until pink, about 45 seconds, then flip shrimp over. Pour in remaining marinade/sauce and cook it all until shrimp is cooked through, about 1-2 more minutes.
- Serve shrimp with cooked marinade sauce and a garnish of green onion. The sauce is excellent on brown rice and steamed vegetables on the side.
Notes
Some readers add 1 teaspoon of cornstarch to the second half of the sauce that will be used for cooking to thicken it.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 250kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 22gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 150mgSodium: 600mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 1mg
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