This Perfect 10 minute Air Fryer Shrimp is succulent, amazingly seasoned and tender. Get ready because dinner is about to be served!
Serve these Shrimp on a bed of Perfect Instant Pot Rice, or with Easy Fried Rice and some Vegetable Stir Fry for a splendid dinner.
Air Fryer Shrimp
Air Frying is taking the cooking world by storm, and there’s good reason too. It’s quick. Easy clean up, and creates amazing dishes that more healthy for you. If you haven’t tried an air fryer, it’s time to get on the bandwagon! And this shrimp recipe is a golden ticket winner when it comes to flavor and ease.
Marinating the shrimp infuses the flavor into the shrimp. Air frying allows the flavor to remain on the shrimp without burning it too, giving it a nice outer coating. The inside is tender and perfectly seasoned. You don’t need to add anything else. It’s absolutely divine.
Easy Air Fryer Shrimp Ingredients
Quick and easy, but oh so yummy! With this super easy, yet glorious dish, shrimp can be served any day of the week. No more is it reserved for weekends or special events.
- Shrimp: Large or Jumbo Shrimp
- Salt and Pepper: Just to taste
- Olive Oil: Adds a nice mild flavor
- Red Wine Vinegar: Helps the marinate the flavors into the shrimp
- Garlic: Minced garlic, can used jarred garlic
- Italian Seasoning: A perfect blend of spices.
- Lemon Juice: Lemons and shrimp just go together
- Soy Sauce: Adds the perfect amount of flavor
- Dijon Mustard: A nice kick
- Worcestershire Sauce: Adds a nice umami tang.
Making Perfect Shrimp
Just a nice marinade to seep the flavor into the shrimp.
- Season: Salt and Pepper the shrimp to your liking
- Mix: In a medium sized bowl combine olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, italian seasoning, lemon juice, soy sauce, dijon mustard and worcestershire sauce. whisk to combine.
- Marinate: Add in the Shrimp and marinate for at least one hour up to overnight.
- Drain: Remove the marinade and place in the air fryer basket
- Cook: Fry at 400 degrees for 8 min or till pink and cooked throughout.
Tips for the Best Shrimp
A few tips and tricks will help you have those perfect shrimp every time.
- Frozen: You can definitely use frozen shrimp, make sure they are thawed before you marinate them.
- Overcrowd: Don’t put too many in the air fryer basket. It needs to be able to circulate the hot air around the shrimp to cook them. If you have to cook in batches.
- Flip it: You can flip the shrimp half way through although you don’t have too, it’s a preference
- Tails: Removing the tails is also a preference thing. I left them on.
How do you Know Shrimp is Done?
- Sight: When shrimp turns to that beautiful pink color all over with red tells and the flesh has a nice opaque whiteness to it. It’s done.
- Temp: The internal temp of cooked shrimp is 120 degrees F.
- Over Cook: You don’t want to over cook shrimp. It becomes rubbery so check it before you think it might be done. And remove promptly once it is as it will keep cooking in the fryer if left.
- Storing: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Reheat: Reheat leftovers in the air fryer, the microwave will make them soggy.
More Shrimp Recipes to Love
Shrimp is really an easy dish and you can make it so many different ways!
Sheet Pan Salmon & Green Vegetables With Herb Garlic Sauce
This healthy and nutritious sheet pan baked salmon with herb & garlic sauce and green vegetables is quick and easy and suitable for paleo, keto, whole30 and AIP diets.
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve been obsessed with quick and easy sheet pan meals recently. You might have tried my chorizo, chicken and asparagus bake, this quick and easy baked spiced cod with Brussels sprouts, my mushroom with balsamic chicken and onions, or my Italian sheet pan baked eggs. Today, I’m giving you a nutritious, delicious, super food packed meal of baked salmon with zesty herb and garlic sauce and green vegetables.
This sheet pan meal ticks so many boxes: paleo, keto, AIP and Whole30 friendly, it’s a perfect meal for anyone doing a reset. It has loads of green veggies, it has omega-3s rich fish, it’s quick and easy, and most importantly, it’s full of flavour.
Cook’s notes
I am using salmon fillets because I love oily fish and my partner really likes this particular type of fish. You can use any other part of salmon, like salmon steaks which are cheaper, or any other fish that suits your budget and location.
You can also make this with prawns or chicken instead of fish. For prawns, start baking the vegetables earlier and add the prawns in the last 5 minutes as they don’t need much time to cook. For chicken, it’s the other way around. Slice the chicken fillets into thinner strips and bake for 5 minutes before adding the vegetables, then cook for 15 more minutes together, so a total of 20 minutes for thin strips of chicken.
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This healthy and nutritious sheet pan baked salmon with herb & garlic sauce and green vegetables is quick and easy and suitable for paleo, keto, whole30 and AIP diets.
For the sauce
For the rest
- Preheat the oven to 200 C / 400 F.
- Mix together the sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
- Grease a large sheet pan or flat-ish baking tray with about a tablespoon of olive oil and place the salmon fillets in the middle, leaving about an inch of space in between. Spread even amounts of the sauce over the top of each salmon fillet.
- Scatter the green vegetables around and in between the fillets, overlapping each other is fine. Drizzle the vegetables lightly with olive oil (about 2 tablespoons) and the juice of half of the remaining lemon. Sprinkle with a few pinches of sea salt and pepper.
- Place the tray in the oven for 15 minutes, rotating halfway if your oven is slightly uneven in temperature (like mine).
- Serve while hot with any additional vegetables, salads, or starchy carbs, if you needed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 403
- Sugar: 4.4 g
- Sodium: 458.2 mg
- Fat: 22.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.8 g
- Fiber: 5.5 g
- Protein: 41.7 g
- Cholesterol: 82.9 mg
Keywords: Salmon, Sheet Pan, Dinner, Asparagus, Sprouts, Healthy, Gluten-Free, Low-Carb, Keto
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