This Air Fryer Lemon Garlic Shrimp is so wonderfully fresh and flavorful and you can cook the shrimp straight from frozen. So quick and easy to make, perfect to serve as an appetizer or as part of a main course.

Air fryer lemon and garlic shrimp served in a white bowl

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You guys are going to love these juicy shrimp! They are so tasty but take just minutes to make with a few ingredients. I couldn't make this recipe easier if I tried!

The air fryer cooks them perfectly every single, and you can cook them straight from frozen!

If you love these, be sure to check out my air fryer coconut shrimp!

Ingredients You Will Need

Frozen Shrimp (Deveined)
Butter
Seasoning: Italian herbs, old bay, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
Garlic
Lemon

Ingredients to make air fryer lemon garlic shrimp

How To Make Air Fryer Lemon Garlic Shrimp

Place the ingredients in an oven safe container that will fit your air fryer.

Air fry for 350 degrees for 12-15 min, stirring halfway or until shrimp is translucent.

Air fryer lemon shrimp in the basket ready to serve

How do you serve these shrimp?

These lemon garlic shrimp are great to serve by themselves as an appetizer with a dipping sauce. You can also serve them as part of a main, top some pasta or rice with them or serve with sweet potatoes and beet greens for a well balanced dinner. They are also great to use in tacos!

What's the best shrimp to use?

One of the main reasons I love this recipe is that you can use frozen shrimp, right out of the packet. You just need to make sure that they are deveined. You can use shelled or unshelled, I prefer to use shelled as they tend to be more juicy.

You can also use fresh shrimp for this recipe. You just need to reduce the cooking time slightly.

Why cook shrimp in an air fryer?

Cooking the shrimp in an air fryer is so quick and easy. It's such a hands off method and they come out so perfectly every single time. It totally takes the guess work out and the flavors are really amazing.

Air fryer lemon garlic shrimp garnished with fresh parsley

Recipe Notes and Tips

You can use frozen shell-on or peeled shrimp that has been deveined. Frozen shell-on shrimp does tend to be a little juicer.
If using defrosted shrimp, reduce the time until shrimp is fully cooked
Make a foil sling around the container so that it is easy to remove from the air fryer.

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Air Fryer Lemon Garlic Shrimp

This air fryer lemon garlic shrimp is so wonderfully fresh and flavorful and you can cook the shrimp straight from frozen. So quick and easy to make, perfect to serve as an appetizer or as part of a main course.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword air fried frozen shrimp, air fryer shrimp, lemon garlic shrimp

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 199kcal

Author Tanya

Ingredients

16 oz jumbo shrimp frozen, deveined
3 Tablespoon butter unsalted
2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
3 garlic cloves minced
¾ teaspoon old bay seasoning
2 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice sliced lemon pieces too
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Place ingredients in a container. Air fryer 350 degrees for 12-15 min, stirring halfway or until shrimp is translucent.

Video

Notes

You can use frozen shell-on or peeled shrimp that has been deveined. Frozen shell-on shrimp does tend to be a little juicer.
If using defrosted shrimp, reduce the time until shrimp is fully cooked
Make a foil sling around the container so that it is easy to remove from the air fryer.
I prefer jumbo shrimp in this recipe but any size will work. Smaller shrimp cook faster so keep an eye on them.

Nutrition

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