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How to Make Air Fryer Honey Garlic Shrimp

Name: How to Make Air Fryer Honey Garlic Shrimp
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 16 min
Ingredients: 1 pound uncooked shrimp (peeled & deveined (fresh or thawed)); 1/3 cup honey; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 teaspoon minced ginger (fresh & optional)

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Whip up perfection in minutes with Honey Garlic Shrimp in the Air Fryer—simple, speedy, and irresistibly delicious, it's the ultimate delight for shrimp aficionados!

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I am excited to share with you an easy, go-to air fryer recipe for my shrimp lovers- Honey Garlic Shrimp in the Air Fryer. You will love this recipe as much as I did because the honey garlic glaze perfectly coats the shrimp and creates the most scrumptious flavor.

Unlike some other air fryer shrimp recipes might be, this is incredibly simple, it’s a perfect healthy weeknight recipe that can be prepared and ready in less than 20 minutes.

Plus you can even make rice in the air fryer that would go great with this garlic butter shrimp.

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Ingredients and supplies needed to make Honey Garlic Shrimp in the Air Fryer

Ingredients:

Uncooked shrimp, peeled & deveined
Honey
Soy sauce
Minced garlic
Minced ginger (fresh & optional)

Supplies:

Medium mixing bowl
Large ziplock bag or mixing bowl
Tongs

Fresh or frozen shrimp?

Your shrimp can be fresh or thawed from frozen. When I got my shrimp, I had a hard time finding frozen uncooked shrimp that was peeled & deveined in the freezer aisle. As such, I ended up getting fresh uncooked, peeled, and deveined shrimp from the seafood department at my local grocery store.

Ways to spice up this dish:

The garlic sauce is just a start. You can always change things up and add more or less seasonings as you like!

Here are a few spices to stir into the marinade:

Black pepper
Salt
Red pepper flakes
Garlic powder

How to store air fryer shrimp:

When you are done eating your shrimp with fresh rice, place any leftovers in an airtight container and any extra sauce and enjoy within the next 4-5 days.

How to Make Honey Garlic Shrimp in the Air Fryer

Step 1: Mix garlic sauce ingredients

Start by mixing all of the sauce ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl.

Set aside half of the sauce ingredients for later.

If you keep your honey in the fridge, make sure to allow it to warm to room temperature before mixing so that it softens and is a lot easier to mix.

Step 2: Season shrimp

Once the sauce is mixed up, place half of the sauce in a ziplock bag and put the shrimp in the bag, and shake it up until all the shrimp is coated.

Preheat the air fryer to 370 degrees F or 188 degrees C for 5 minutes.

Step 3: Air fry shrimp

After the air fryer is preheated, add the seasoned shrimp to the air fryer basket and air fry the shrimp at 370 degrees F or 188 degrees C for 6 minutes.

At the halfway point, use tongs to flip each shrimp over.

You can also use some of the reserved sauce to glaze the shrimp at this point. This will coat the shrimp even more and make it taste even better.

Remove the air fryer shrimp from the basket and serve it with your favorite sides.

About the Garlic and Ginger

If you aren’t a fan of a strong garlic taste, I recommend reducing the amount of garlic from 1 tablespoon to 2 teaspoons.

The ginger is optional for this recipe. You will want to use fresh ginger. I don’t normally buy fresh ginger, but wanted to give it a try with this recipe. Oh my! I loved the flavor it added to the shrimp. If you are like me and don’t use ginger that often, you can still get it and then freeze the rest for later. In fact, working with frozen ginger is SO much easier than when it is fresh. Check out this fantastic guide for freezing and using ginger to learn more.

How to Enjoy Your Air Fryer Honey Garlic Shrimp

You will love this shrimp with a rice of your choice and your favorite vegetables. A few of my favorites are

Honey garlic shrimp in the air fryer is simple, flavorful, and a great weeknight recipe

Final Thoughts

I loved making this honey garlic shrimp in the air fryer because it was simple, flavorful, and (mostly) everyone liked it. And that is saying a lot because my kids aren’t huge shrimp fans! My favorite part was how thick the sauce was – almost like a glaze because of the honey. Furthermore, this delicious sauce/glaze would also do well over other meats. Let me know if you tried this honey garlic sauce on shrimp or another meat! I can’t wait to hear how it goes!

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