Garlic Shrimp Recipe

Hawaii is known for its white sand beaches, tropical climate and fun water sports. But any food lover wil tell you that the real draw on Oahu is the fresh garlic shrimp, served at roadside shrimp trucks along the North Shore.

Chef Jason Hill shows you how to make garlic shrimp scampi modeled after the famous shrimp shacks in Kahuku.

At our favorite stop, Giovanni's shrimp truck, in Kahuku, each plate includes 12 shrimp with two mounds of steamed sticky calrose rice and a lemon wedge. We hope you enjoy this — it's almost a perfect replica of Giovanni's shrimp.

Mahalo!

Hawaiian Shrimp Truck Scampi

10 shell-on U-15 (extra large) shrimp, deveined
1 head (10 cloves) garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (1 tablespoon for spicier tastes)
1/2 stick clarified butter (see our video recipe)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 cup white wine
2 tablespoons regular butter

To begin, rinse and thaw your large shrimp in cool running water. Lightly pat dry. In a wide tupperware dish, place the flour, paprika and cayenne pepper. Mix lightly with your hands and coat each piece of shrimp on both sides.
Heat saute pan over high heat.

Add clarified butter and garlic. Stir for 1 minute, then add all of the shrimp, which has been coated in the flour mixture. Saute 3 minutes on each side.

After 3 minutes on the second side, add the 1/8 cup of white wine and 2 tablespoons butter. Saute, turning shrimp occasionally, until it reaches a caramel brown color.

Remove shrimp immediately and serve with two mounds of sticky steamed calrose rice and a lemon wedge, spooning extra garlic butter sauce over the rice and shrimp. Add extra salt and cayenne pepper to taste if desired.

Makes 2 servings of 5 jumbo shrimp each.

Chef's Note: You leave the shell on only during the cooking process. This keeps the shrimp tender and moist. Afterward, you peel and eat them, topped with the buttery garlic sauce and sticky rice.

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[xInstinctful]

I came for the rice.

[ChefTips]

@xInstinctful But this is a garlic shrimp recipe.

[xInstinctful]

@ChefTips I like rice. The picture had nice rice. I came for the nice white rice.

[ChefTips]

@xInstinctful Aha. It's just steamed sticky rice, prepared as directed on the bag. The bits of cooked garlic make it very tasty. :)

[AyashiFX55]

I really like your videos. Good explantions. Easy to make. Great results. 

[ChefTips]

@AyashiFX55

Thank you!

[hayangel21]

Im born and raised in Laie on the north shore and graduated from Kahuku high where giovani's is located so I know all about GARLIC SHRIMP and you did it exactly the way we do it in hawaii only thing you missin is mac salad!...I seen some comment's where people wrote about the shells cutting their lip if you cant pell a shrimp good dont eat it .....but you did it HAWAIIAN style my brada so I DO RECOMMEND THIS RECIPE TO ANYONE WHO LOVE'S SHRIMP!!!!

[cocacrow]

COOL AND EASY THANKS

[PIEro6486]

How did I get here from tf2? Worth watching though.

[gureifox]

@ChefTips ok, thank you for clarity sake ;)

[ChefTips]

@gureifox

I let the wine cook off for a few minutes, then it is ready. You can add more if you like, it will just take a bit longer to cook off. It's really for a quick deglaze on the pan.

Cheers!