Teriyaki Shrimp Skillet Meal Ready in Under 20 Minutes
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Easy Teriyaki Shrimp is cooked in one pan and ready in under 20 minutes. So much flavor in this teriyaki shrimp from simple ingredients like soy sauce, ginger, garlic and red pepper flakes. Serve teriyaki shrimp over rice for a simple dinner.
Looking for other simple shrimp recipes? Check out my recipes for Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas, Lemon Garlic Shrimp or Bacon Wrapped Shrimp.
Shrimp is one of my favorite proteins to make for a meal. It is so quick and easy and can take on so many different flavors beautifully. We always have a stash of fresh, frozen shrimp in the freezer for quick meals like this teriyaki chicken recipe.
This recipe makes enough to feed the whole fam, or if you are just cooking for you or a few, make up a batch and save the rest for meal plans for the rest of the week!
Teriyaki Shrimp Ingredients
For this pan-cooked teriyaki shrimp recipe, you will need just a few simple ingredients. The shrimp is obvious, so let’s focus a bit on that homemade sauce that is everything to this recipe.
For this recipe you will need:
- Shrimp- I like to buy fresh or frozen deveined large shrimp
Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients
- Soy Sauce– low sodium or even coconut aminos can be used as a substitute
- Water
- Brown Sugar
- Garlic
- Sesame Oil
- Rice Vinegar
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Cornstarch
How to Cook Teriyaki Shrimp in a pan
To cook this teriyaki shrimp, I like to put everybody in the pan and have it cook all at the same time. First, combine all of the sauce ingredients in a separate mixing bowl.
Add the shrimp to a pan over medium-high heat and pour in the teriyaki sauce. Cook and stir the sauce for 4-6 minutes, until the shrimp is pink and the sauce has thickened.
Remove from the heat and serve immediately.
How to serve Teriyaki Shrimp
We like to serve this simple teriyaki shrimp and sauce over a bed of rice and then garnish with some sesame seeds and sliced green onions. Such a simple meal!
Another option we enjoy is adding in some matchstick carrots to the sauce and shrimp while they cook, then mixing everything with some rice noodles or even angel hair pasta. Top with sesame seeds and green onions again to finish it off, so good!!
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Teriyaki Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 pound shrimp cleaned and deveined
Teriyaki Sauce
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger grated
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl combine the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce and whisk together.
- Place a large skillet over medium high heat and add in the shrimp. Pour in the teriyaki sauce.
- Cook and stir for 4-6 minutes until the shrimp is pink and cooked through and the teriyaki sauce has thickened.
Notes
- Nutrition facts are just an estimate
Nutrition
Easy Teriyaki Shrimp is cooked in one pan and ready in under 20 minutes. So much flavor in this teriyaki shrimp from simple ingredients like soy sauce, ginger, garlic and red pepper flakes. Serve teriyaki shrimp over rice for a simple dinner.
