Thai Garlic Fried Shrimp. A quick, easy, flavourful and spicy shrimp dish stir fried with red chili, garlic and other delicious aromatics and seasoning.
Ready in 15 minutes
Great for a weeknight meal or lunch as this takes little time to cook from start to finish! This 15 minute dish will make your eyes roll to the back of your head as it's so delicious!
Easy Spicy Garlic Thai Shrimp
This Thai style shrimp stir fry is super easy to make! You are simply throwing your shrimp into a bowl and coating it in cornstarch. Then frying them in a pan until they are pink, curled and crispy. Next remove from the pan. Lastly, add remaining oil and fry the aromatics. Toss back in that shrimp and season with sugar, fish sauce, and sesame oil! That’s how to make Thai garlic shrimp!
Best Thai Garlic Shrimp
Now I know there are many Thai garlic shrimp recipes online but this one is best Thai shrimp stir fry ever! I’m not joking. It’s so good, I almost devoured the entire plate alone. It's perfectly balanced in flavour thanks to the sugar and fish sauce. Totally worth trying if you love shrimp!
What You'll need
You will need the following ingredients for this Thai garlic chili shrimp:
- colossal size shrimps, peeled and deveined
- green onion
- red chili pepper
- shallot
- garlic
- ginger
- cornstarch
- cooking oil
- fish sauce
- sesame oil
- sugar
How to cook Thai Garlic Shrimp
Below are brief visuals and steps on how to make spicy Thai garlic shrimp:
Peel away the shrimp shell. Feel free to leave the tails on if you’d like.
Transfer the shrimp to a bowl. Pat shrimp dry with a paper towel.
Then add cornstarch and mix until each shrimp is coated in cornstarch. There will be residual starch in the bowl.
In a pan set over medium heat, add 2 tbsp cooking oil. Carefully lower shrimp into the pan and fry on both sides just until pink, curled, and crispy, about 3-4 minutes.
Remove shrimp from the pan and place onto a plate.
Into the same pan over medium heat, add remaining oil followed by red chili pepper, green onions, shallot, garlic and ginger. Fry for 30 seconds.
Add back in shrimp, followed by sugar first, then fish sauce and sesame oil. Give it a toss. Remove off heat and serve hot to enjoy!
What kind of Shrimp do you use?
I love using colossal size pacific white shrimps as they're very meaty and bouncy in texture! I usually get mine frozen.
Tips for Easy Stir fried Thai Garlic Shrimp
- Try to find peeled or easy peel, deveined shrimps for this Thai Garlic Shrimp Recipe. This will make it easier on you. You can leave the tails on if you'd like.
- Buy colossal size shrimp for this Thai crispy garlic shrimp. It makes a huge difference as the texture of this shrimp is very chewy, like lobster. However, if you can’t find this kind of shrimp, substitute with extra jumbo prawns.
- Use fresh quality ingredients for my Thai fried garlic shrimp. This goes without saying but it is the key to great tasting cooking. Especially when it comes to those aromatics!
- Fry that shrimp until it’s totally pink, curled and crispy on both sides. But be careful not to fry over high heat, keep it to a medium flame. Do not cover the shrimp as they fry, this will make them less crispy.
I hope these tips help you make the best Thai garlic shrimp stir fry!
Are you a Shrimp lover?
If you like shrimp don’t forget to check out my GOCHUJANG HONEY SHRIMP, CHINESE SALT AND PEPPER SHRIMP or my CHINESE BATTERED SHRIMP! They are so delicious and packed with flavour!
Other Shrimp recipes you may like!
If you enjoyed my Thai garlic fried shrimp, you may like these other recipes:
GARLIC SHRIMP TOFU UDON NOODLES
ROSE SHRIMP UDON NOODLES
SHRIMP FRIED RICE
SHRIMP PAD THAI
KOREAN SHRIMP LEEK PANCAKE
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Easy 15-min. Thai Garlic Fried Shrimp
Ingredients
- 330 grams colossal size shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 stalk green onion finely chopped
- ½ red chili pepper finely sliced
- 1 shallot sliced
- 2 tsp garlic minced
- 3 slices ginger thin slices
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1.5 tsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp white granulated sugar
Instructions
- Peel away the shrimp shell. Feel free to leave the tails on if you’d like.
- Transfer the shrimp to a bowl. Pat shrimp dry with a paper towel.
- Then add cornstarch and mix until each shrimp is coated in cornstarch. There will be residual starch in the bowl.
- In a pan set over medium heat, add 2 tbsp cooking oil. Carefully lower shrimp into the pan and fry on both sides just until pink, curled, and crispy, about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove shrimp from the pan and place onto a plate.
- Into the same pan over medium heat, add remaining oil followed by red chili pepper, green onions, shallot, garlic and ginger. Fry for 30 seconds.
- Add back in shrimp, followed by sugar first, then fish sauce and sesame oil. Give it a toss. Remove off heat and serve hot to enjoy!
Yum, I think I am in shrimp heaven! That was a great tip you gave for looking for black tiger shrimp, I will definitely be looking for them.
Made this tonight!! Husband lived it!!
I am so happy to hear this! Thank you so much for making my recipe Nicole!
This was honestly SO GOOD. We did use a Serrano but the flavor was amazing and paired so well with Argentinian shrimp
Thanks so much for making my recipe, Jessica! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Made this last night. Was excellent! Def would have been even better if I used a wok. Oh, and maybe let the oil heat up more before I put the shrimp in. Lol
Thanks so much for making my recipe! So glad you enjoyed it! Yes, a wok really makes a huge difference as it adds a smokiness to the dish. If you're looking for a quality wok, I share one that I regularly use on my Shop page if you click here.
Super easy and so tasty! Will definitely make this again.
So happy to read this! Thank you for making my recipe! Have a lovely day!
Husband said this is the best shrimp he’s ever had! And so easy! Thank you! ❤️
So happy to read that Liz! Thanks for making my recipe and for sharing this kind review 🙂 Have a lovely day!
This recipe is amazing and so easy to make. My friends and family loved it! Making it again tonight. Definitely my favorite shrimp recipe. Thanks!!
Thank you so much for making my recipe Mandi! I am so glad your family and friends loved it 🙂 Have a lovely day!