Air fryers have taken the cooking world by storm. This appliance stimulates the texture of deep frying without having to actually immerse the food in any oil while still ensuring you get all the delicious flavors you love in fried food. Air-fried dishes are naturally healthier and a great alternative to creating your favorite dishes without the guilt.
If you’ve never tried air-fried shrimp, it’s time to change that. Air frying allows you to get light and super flavorful shrimp that’s also very easy to make. Here are 15 delicious air fryer shrimp recipes to satisfy the seafood lover in you.
#1. Classic Air Fryer Shrimp
Simple, quick, and easy, this recipe will help the shrimp turn out beautifully plump and juicy. Make sure you devein the shrimp properly, or you’ll end up with a gritty, unappetizing taste. Next, brush your shrimp with seasonings and oil, and air fry them for 8 minutes. Serve them hot as a main dish with rice or use them in salads or tacos!
#2. Air Fryer Breaded Shrimp
Make this super delicious shrimp appetizer to serve at your cocktail parties. The shrimp are coated with a flour mixture seasoned with Old Bay, paprika, ground pepper, and dried parsley. Airy frying makes them perfectly crispy fried from the outside while the inside remains tender and juicy. Serve with a cocktail sauce or any of your favorite dipping sauces.
#3. Air Fryer Garlic Shrimp with Lemon
A perfect dish for busy weeknights when you want to put together a quick and delicious dinner. These air fryer shrimps are tender and taste fantastic with the garlic and lemon flavor shining through. You can serve this quick shrimp on salads or quinoa for a filling meal that’ll delight your taste buds.
#4. Air Fryer Shrimp Tacos
Who doesn’t love taco nights? A crunchy, crispy corn tortilla filled with our favorite stuffing and topped with delicious sauces and cheese. Yes, please! And these shrimp tacos are a healthier alternative, made with fresh herbs and air-fried shrimps. When assembled with all the toppings and garnishes, they taste simply divine!
#5. 10 min Air Fryer Shrimp
This quick and easy 10-minute recipe makes an amazing side dish to serve with fried rice, pot rice, or vegetable stir fry. The marinade infuses all the flavors of the different ingredients into the shrimp, while air frying retains all those flavors, giving a crispy coating to the shrimps. The result? Perfectly cooked shrimp, so juicy and tender that you’ll never want to stop eating.
#6. Air Fryer Garlic Parmesan Shrimp
A simple cheesy shrimp delicacy for busy days, this meal gets ready within 15 minutes. Featuring a zingy, peppery, and garlicky flavor, you can have this dish with a dipping sauce of your choice or serve it over pasta or salad and even in wraps. This recipe gives you the freedom to use frozen as well as cooked shrimps. Just adjust the time of the air fryer accordingly.
#7. Air Fryer Coconut Shrimp
Perfect as an appetizer or a party snack, these air fryer coconut shrimp are wonderfully crispy and succulent. A healthier version of restaurant-style coconut shrimp, you just need a handful of ingredients. The shrimp are coated in panko and shredded coconut and air fried until golden brown. Crunchy yet tender, you won’t stop munching on these!
#8. Air Fryer Shrimp Fajitas
Let your love for Mexican food come through with this mouth-watering air fryer shrimp fajitas. It’s a very simple recipe — just prep the veggies and shrimp, toss with seasonings, and air fry, and you are done! These fajitas are best served over tortilla bread and topped with Pico de Gallo, lime crema, guacamole, pineapple salsa, or simply fresh cilantro.
#9. Honey Lime Air Fryer Shrimp
This recipe for simple honey lime-flavored air fryer shrimp is perfect for all occasions. The honey lime marinade makes the shrimp taste deliciously juicy with fresh bright flavors. But don’t marinate the shrimp for more than an hour, or it will alter the texture of the shrimp. Serve them hot and watch them vanish in minutes!
#10. Bacon-Wrapped Air Fryer Shrimp
How do you make air-fried shrimp even better? Easy — just wrap them in bacon strips! This combination of buttery shrimps and crispy bacon combing together to create perfectly sweet and smokey bacon-wrapped shrimp will easily win hearts. If you love your spice, you’ll definitely dig this recipe. Serve it with a side of Chipotle cocktail sauce to complete the dish.
#11. Air Fryer Shrimp with Garlic Butter Sauce
Golden brown air-fried shrimps with a buttery, savory garlic herb sauce drizzled on top and a splash of lemon juice — what an incredible appetizer! A few simple ingredients and 15 minutes are all you need to make these absolutely delicious garlic butter-flavored shrimps in an air fryer.
#12. Juicy Air Fryer Shrimp
Want to make sure you get perfectly juicy shrimps every time? The recipe shows you how. The dish comes together in just 7 minutes and needs only a handful of ingredients. Enjoy them with ketchup, BBQ sauce, or cheese sauce, or pair them with pasta, salads, and sandwiches.
#13. Crispy Spicy Air-Fried Shrimp
This is for all spice lovers! Each bite of this amazingly hot, crispy spicy air-fried shrimp gives you an amazing kick of heat. The breading of the shrimp is laced with ancho chili powder, red pepper flakes, and white pepper. To add to the hotness, this crispy shrimp comes with a dipping of minced jalapeno hot sauce. Serve with roasted vegetables or pasta to balance out this fiery flavor.
#14. Spicy Air Fried Shrimp
Another version of spicy shrimp, this restaurant-style crunchy shrimp is absolutely delicious and so easy to make. It gets the spice from the hot sauce made by combining mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, Sriracha sauce, and garlic. Serve your air-fried shrimp with this mouthwatering hot sauce, and dig in!
#15. Air Fryer Broccoli Shrimp
The shrimp and broccoli are tossed in a delicious mix of grated Parmesan, olive oil, minced garlic, Italian seasonings, salt, and pepper to create a winning combination of flavors. Serve these aromatic air-fried shrimp with some buttered noodles or enjoy them on their own.
