Butter Garlic Shrimp in Air fryer and Skillet
Description
This spicy garlic butter shrimp with no breading recipe is buttery and tasty. It is super flavorful and turns out so good in the air fryer with very little butter/oil.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. shrimp or 500 g. peeled and deveined
- 2 tsp. garlic minced
- 1 tsp. black pepper
- 2 tbsp. butter for skillet frying
- 1 tbsp. olive oil for skillet frying
- 1 tsp. olive oil or butter for air frying
- salt to taste
- 1 lemon
- spring onion greens and lemon slices
Directions
- Peel, devein and wash the prawns.
- Add together minced garlic, fresh pepper powder along with salt and lemon juice. Rub it on shrimp and keep aside.
- Brush the shrimp with 1 tsp. olive oil or butter.
- Preheat the Air fryer at 180 C or 360 F for 5 minutes. Lay the prawns in the Air fryer basket after brushing it with oil. For medium prawns, air fry for 5 minutes and they are done.
- Serve your pepper garlic shrimp with dip, lemon slices and chopped spring onion greens. It's super delicious.
- Heat butter and oil in a skillet on medium heat. Add the marinated shrimp and cook on both sides till nice and browned. Don’t overcook the shrimp.
- It takes only about 1- 2 minutes on each side for the shrimp to curl up and turn pink. They will get a nice brown colour too.
- Spoon the leftover sauce on the shrimp and serve with lemon slices and chopped spring onion greens. You could also serve with a dip.
