I found this recipe floating around Pinterest (what don’t I find on Pinterest?!) and thought I’d give it a shot. Sometimes we get in a chicken-rut around here. You know what I’m talking about. So we needed to break out and eat some different meat. Shrimp sounded delicious and it had been a while since I made it. I always forget about shrimp when I meal plan. I need to add it to the rotation more often.
I made this recipe a little less spicy since I was feeding it to the kids as well, and I didn’t put any sauce on the baby’s shrimp (she LOVES them plain, anyway). I have also split the sauce in half and made some more spicy than the other so we could have adult-sauce and kid-sauce at the same time. If I feel like getting fancy, I’ll make some Zucchini Noodles and serve it with those.
Also, I always double this for our family of 5 and Rob barely has enough leftover for a small lunch the next day. What can I say, we really like food.
Paleo Bang Bang Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 lb frozen Shrimp thawed, peeled, deveined
- 3/4 cup Paleo Lime Mayo
- 3 Tbsp Tapatio Hot Sauce
- 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
- 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- Sea Salt to taste
- Fresh Ground Black Pepper to taste
Instructions
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Put the shrimp in a bowl and add garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mix around to evenly coat the shrimp.
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Heat the coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
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While you’re waiting for the oil to heat up, combine the mayo, hot sauce, and red pepper flakes in a medium sized bowl.
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Once the oil is hot, add the shrimp, stirring frequently.
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When the shrimp are opaque and done (about 3-5 minutes) add them to the sauce in the bowl bowl and stir until coated.
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Serve over some Zucchini Noodles (recipe on this site) and enjoy!
Liv
This was delicious! My non paleo fiancé was a serious fan as well. This is going into my “go to” recipe folder.
Ace
I made this without measuring anything, just tossing in the ingredients…ended up being a little hotter than I like, but it was still delicious. The shrimp part itself would have been a boring if not for the zucchini noodles. So glad it was listed, otherwise I probably wouldn’t have thought to eat them together. Perfect compliment!
Amy
Another FABULOUS recipe. You should write a cookbook!
PS my phone won’t let me do a 5 star rating…. Or I certainly would!
Erin
My mother just started dieting and I have been cooking for her for the last week. We tried this last night and it was awesome! Though it was pretty spicy for us, a glass of water on the side was all we needed.
The cook time is pretty spot on unless you plan on making your own paleo mayo (which I did for the first time!–came out great, just a little time consuming.)
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Amber Babcock
what is paleo lime mayo?
Amy
What is paleo lime mayo?
Kendra Benson
Sorry, I thought there was a link in the ingredient list. It’s there now.
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Arthur
This was really tasty. I was hesitant of eating basically just shrimp and mayo but I enjoyed it. I wish I could find a way to get the shrimp nice and crispy without overcooking them or making them unhealthy. Also, I wound up using probably about 1/6th of the sauce that the recipe calls for. Definitely will make again but probably quarter the sauce part.
Jeremy
Best way to crisp is higher heat and ghee