Thai Garlic Fried Shrimp. Flavourful delicious shrimp cooked in garlic, green onion, ginger, shallots, red chili pepper with fish sauce, sugar and sesame oil. A dish that will make your eyes roll to the back of your head because it’s so good! A fantastic Thai shrimp recipe for dinner or lunch. Ready in only 20 minutes!
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!
If there is one seafood that I could every week, it is shrimp! It’s so simple to prepare, delicious, and fantastic in texture. Especially if you source black tiger shrimps! They have the best bouncy texture with a very meaty taste. I always like to keep a pack of this shrimp in my freezer because they cook so quickly! Shrimp is a great quick weeknight meal when time is of the essence and when we need something simple. Speaking of simple…
Simple to make!
This Thai style shrimp stir fry is super easy to make! You are simply throwing your peeled deveined shrimp into a mixing bowl and generously coating it in cornstarch. Then frying them in a pan until they are pink, curled and crispy.
Once they’ve cooked, you’ll remove them from the pan and wipe out the browned bits out of the pan. Lastly, throw in your aromatics and fry them in some oil. Toss back in that shrimp and season with sugar, fish sauce, and sesame oil! That’s how to make Thai garlic shrimp!
Now I know there are many recipes for Thai garlic shrimp 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 not spicy like other Thai chili garlic shrimp recipes, but it’s perfectly balanced in flavour thanks to the sugar and fish sauce. Totally worth trying if you love shrimp!
Tips for this Easy Stir fried Thai Garlic Shrimp
- Try to find peeled or easy peel, deveined black tiger shrimps for this Thai Garlic Shrimp Recipe. This will make it easier on you. You can leave the tails on if you want but for purposes of ease, I would peel the whole shell away (I didn’t in these pictures for aesthetics)
- Get black tiger shrimps for this Thai crispy garlic shrimp. This makes a huge difference. The texture of this breed of shrimp is very chewy, like lobster. However if you can’t find this kind of shrimp, substitute with a large prawn.
- 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!
Other Shrimp recipes you may like!
GARLIC SHRIMP TOFU UDON NOODLES
ROSE SHRIMP UDON NOODLES
SHRIMP FRIED RICE
SHRIMP PAD THAI
KOREAN SHRIMP LEEK PANCAKE
FRESH SHRIMP ROLLS WITH SPICY PEANUT SAUCE
SHRIMP SALAD SANDWICH
CURRY SHRIMP LETTUCE WRAPS
SHRIMP BOK CHOY NOODLES
For this recipe
You will need the following ingredients for this Thai garlic chili shrimp:
- 15 black tiger shrimps, thawed, peeled and deveined.
- 1 stalk green onion, finely chopped
- ½ red chili pepper, finely sliced
- 1 shallot, sliced
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- 3 slices ginger, thin slices
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 4 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp sugar
Cook shrimp for about 5-6 minutes until
How to cook Thai Garlic Shrimp
- Peel away the shells of you black tiger shrimp. Feel free to leave the tails on if you’d like but to make things easier, peel the entire shell away.
- Pat each shrimp dry with a paper towel. Transfer the shrimp to a bowl. Then add cornstarch and mix until each shrimp is coated in cornstarch. There will be residual starch in the bowl and that’s okay.
- In a hot pan set over medium heat, add 3 tbsp cooking oil. Carefully lower you shrimp into the pan and fry on both sides until they are pink, curled, crispy and golden. About 6-7 minutes.
- Then remove the shrimp from the pan and place onto a plate. Wipe out the browned bits and discard.
- Into the same pan over medium heat, add 1 tbsp cooking oil followed by red chili pepper, green onions, shallot, garlic and ginger. Fry until shallots have softened, about 1-2 minutes.
- Then add back in the cooked shrimp, followed by sugar first, then fish sauce and sesame oil. Mix everything together until combined. Then remove off heat and serve hot to enjoy!
Give it a try!
Well, I hope you give my Thai Garlic Fried Shrimp a try! It always excites me when you guys make my recipes and I hope this is one you try.
Thanks for visiting my blog! If you enjoyed my Thai garlic fried shrimp, please share it with your family and friends or on social media!
Take a picture if you've made my Thai Shrimp with Garlic and tag me on Instagram @ChristieAtHome in your feed or stories so I can share your creation in my stories with credits to you!
Made this recipe and loved it?
If you could leave a star rating for my Thai style shrimp stir fry, I would greatly appreciate it 🙂 Thanks so much!
Take care,
Christie
*This post for my Thai Garlic Shrimps contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I also earn from qualifying purchases through additional affiliate programs
Easy Thai Garlic Fried Shrimp (20-min. Recipe)
Ingredients
- 15 black tiger shrimps thawed, peeled and deveined.
- 1 stalk green onion finely chopped
- ½ red chili pepper finely sliced
- 1 shallot sliced
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 3 slices ginger thin slices
- ¼ cup cornstarch
- 4 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp sugar
Instructions
- Peel away the shells of you black tiger shrimp. Feel free to leave the tails on if you’d like but to make things easier, peel the entire shell away.
- Pat each shrimp dry with a paper towel. Transfer the shrimp to a bowl. Then add cornstarch and mix until each shrimp is coated in cornstarch. There will be residual starch in the bowl and that’s okay.
- In a hot pan set over medium heat, add 3 tbsp cooking oil. Carefully lower you shrimp into the hot oil and fry on both sides until they are pink, curled, crispy and golden.
- Then remove the shrimp from the pan and place onto a plate. Wipe out the browned bits and discard.
- Into the same pan over medium heat, add 1 tbsp cooking oil followed by red chili pepper, green onions, shallot, garlic and ginger. Fry until shallots have softened, about 1-2 minutes.
- Then add back in the cooked shrimp, followed by sugar first, then fish sauce and sesame oil. Mix everything together until combined. Then 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.