This Sriracha Lime Shrimp is perfectly pan-seared, spicy, and full of flavour. Make this easy sriracha shrimp for your dinner or meal prep in under 20 minutes.
Sriracha Lime Shrimp
As the girl with 3 bottles of Sriracha in her house, this shrimp recipe is one of my favourite ways to use up some of that Sriracha. It is full of flavour, perfectly seared, and has a hit of spice that sneaks up from you from the Sriracha sauce! When you don’t have a ton of time, you’re going to want to have this healthy shrimp meal prep recipe in your back pocket. This sriracha shrimp is also easily scaled up to feel a crowd as well!
What You’ll Need To Make Sriracha Lime Shrimp
- olive oil — or a neutral oil of your choice.
- butter — use unsalted butter
- shrimp — I buy shrimp with the shell removed and deveined to save time on prepping.
- Sriracha — sweet but spicy!
- soy sauce — use low sodium soy sauce.
- lime juice — I recommend using fresh lime juice
- salt
How To Make Sriracha Lime Shrimp
- Heat up a cast-iron pan over medium high heat and add in the olive oil and butter.
- Add the shrimp. Avoiding moving the shrimp too much – let the shrimp sear on one side before flipping them over and letting the other side sear.
- Add in the Sriracha, soy sauce, lime juice, and salt. Stir the shrimp and make sure the shrimps are all fully coated.
- Once the shrimps are all perfectly seared to your liking/cooked through, remove from heat and serve.
Tips and Notes on Making Sriracha Lime Shrimp
- I use both olive oil and butter because the olive oil is to prevent burning while the butter is there to add flavour.
- I suggest using a well seasoned cast-iron which will sear your shrimp perfectly and add that seared flavour to your shrimp or a good quality non-stick pan.
- If your cast-iron isn’t large enough, sear the shrimp in two batches to avoid overcrowding the pan.
- If you find Sriracha a little too hot on its own, cut it with some honey!
How To Make Sriracha Lime Shrimp into a Meal Prep
- Meal prep: store the cooked shrimp in an airtight container for up to 4 days in the fridge.
- To turn this shrimp into an easy Sriracha Lime Shrimp meal prep, I paired it with some coconut rice and snap peas. Here’s my recipe for stovetop coconut rice and Instant Pot coconut rice. It can be easily made at the same time as the shrimp.
Sriracha Lime Shrimp
Ingredients
Instructions
- Heat up a cast-iron pan over medium high heat and stir in the olive oil and butter, letting it melt together.
- Add the shrimp. Avoiding moving the shrimp too much – let the shrimp sear on one side before flipping them over and letting the other side sear.
- Add in the Sriracha, lime juice, and salt. Stir the shrimp and make sure the shrimps are all fully coated.
- Once the shrimps are all perfectly seared to your liking/cooked through, remove from heat and serve.
Nutrition Per Serving
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AH says
How much lime juice? 1/2 cup or 1/2 lime, juiced?
Carmy says
Sorry for the confusion! Half a lime, juiced!