This easy honey lime shrimp recipe is a 20 minute meal with only a few basic ingredients, making it an easy meal to pull off during the busy work week.
The honey lime marinade is flavourful and fresh, perfect for the summer. You can always swap the shrimp for other proteins such as tofu, chicken, or scallops.
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Honey Lime Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
- 1 lime, zested
- 1 tsp soya sauce
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1/8 tsp chilli powder
- 1 lb shrimp, frozen, thawed and peeled
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 1 cups snap peas
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the honey, lime juice, lime zest, soya sauce, minced garlic and chilli powder. Stir together well.
- In a frying pan over medium heat, add the oil and allow the pan to heat up.
- Add the shrimp and after cooking for 1-2 minutes, flip the shrimp over cooking for another 1-2 minutes until shrimp turns pink. *If you are using cooked shrimp you can skip this step and add directly to the pan with the honey lime mixture.
- Mix in the honey lime marinade to the pan and stir well until sauce is well incorporated.
- Remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside.
- Cook the vegetables in the same pan with the honey lime mixture cooking for 5 minutes, and then add the shrimp back to the pan at the end.
- Serve with rice, quinoa, or couscous.
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