Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp

4.88 from 25 votes

Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp is super easy, loaded with flavor and perfect served over rice with all that juicy goodness!

Prep Time10

Cook Time5

Total Time15

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Hawaiian

Servings: people

Blot the shrimp dry of excess moisture on both sides.
In a bowl, sprinkle with flour, paprika, cayenne pepper and salt and pepper and toss to coat the shrimp.
Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter with olive oil in a large skillet.
Add shrimp in an even layer in the skillet. Cook on the first side until pinkish on the bottom, about 2 minutes. Then flip and cook the opposite side until just cooked through, about 2 minutes longer. Add the remaining butter and garlic and saute 30 seconds until fragrant.
Remove from heat, toss with lemon and parsley.
Serve right away with steamed white rice topped with extra garlic butter sauce from the pan.

For max garlic flavor - use the kind that comes whole in it's own paper. The pre-peeled stuff doesn't yield as much flavor by a long shot.
The recipe below calls for extra large shrimp but if you can't get your hands on extra large, use any size and adjust cooking time as needed.
Remember that when you're cooking shrimp a general rule here's what shrimp should look like in it's cooking process: undercooked shrimp are a wide and flexible "U" shape, overcooked shrimp are an"O" shape and completely curls up on itself in a tight O, and perfectly cooked shrimp are a "C" in shape and ready to eat!