Air Fryer Shrimp Recipe
This Air Fryer Shrimp Recipe features perfectly seasoned shrimp paired beautifully with a homemade spicy remoulade sauce. They cook in no time flat making them ideal for weekday meals or when entertaining friends and family.
Easy Air Fryer Shrimp Recipe
Seafood is one of a delectable candidate for air frying. Why? Well for one, seafood is often breaded and fried with a crispy coating. While these shrimp aren’t breaded, they are coated with a flavorful seasoning. The process of air frying makes the coating crispy without a breading. They have the bonus of cooking in minutes and are packed with restaurant quality flavor. How to make Air Fryer Shrimp: (Scroll down for full printable recipe.)
- Season Shrimp – Place shrimp with tails on in a mixing bowl. Drizzle with oil then toss with seafood seasoning, paprika, garlic, salt and lemon pepper until evenly coated.
- Prepare air Fryer – Spray the basket of an air fryer with cooking spray or brush with oil. Heat to 375°F.
- Transfer Shrimp to Basket – Arrange shrimp in basket of air fryer in a single layer, not touching.
- Cook – Cook for 8-10 minutes just until no longer pink.
- Remoulade Sauce – Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl whisking until combined. Place in an airtight container and chill until serving. This can done the day before or several hours in advance.
- Serve shrimp hot with remoulade garnished with fresh parsley and lemon wedges.
How to Make the BEST Air Fryer Shrimp Recipe
- Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Air Fryer Shrimp: Large shrimp peeled and deveined tails intact, olive oil, seafood seasoning i.e. Seafood Magic or Old Bay, paprika, granulated garlic or garlic powder, salt, lemon pepper, Italian parsley and lemon wedges.
- To make the Spicy Remoulade Sauce: Mayonnaise, ketchup, whole grain mustard, lemon juice, hot sauce, seafood seasoning i.e. Seafood Magic or Old Bay and garlic.
- Kitchen tools you’ll need: Air Fryer, measuring spoons, tongs and citrus juicer.
- The shrimp used in this recipe are large raw shrimp with tails on. If you choose to use a medium or small shrimp, the cooking time would need to be decreased as well.
- Avoid over crowding the shrimp in the air fryer. They should be cooked in batches, in a single layer without touching.
- The remoulade sauce is optional of course but it complements these shrimp beautifully. For the best flavor, whip it up in advance and chill in an air tight container to allow the flavors to fully combine.
- This amounts in this recipe will easily double. If you have time to cook several batches, go for it!
- You can serve these shrimp as an entrée with pasta, with a baked potato and salad or as a delectable appetizer when entertaining.
- Please note: The nutritional analysis includes the remoulade sauce which is optional.
- Air Fryer Shrimp is best made and eaten fresh.
Side Dishes to Serve with Air Fryer Shrimp
As mentioned above, this shrimp can be served as an appetizer or as an entrée. If you plan to enjoy it as a main dish, here are a few side dishes to consider:
- Southern Style Cole Slaw
- Loaded Baked Potato Salad
- Hushpuppies
- Garlic Parmesan Roasted Vegetables
- Cajun Dirty Rice
More Shrimp Recipes to Make
Shrimp is one of our surf side favorites so, you’ll find it on our menu year round. A few other recipes you may like to add to your seafood menu:
- Buffalo Shrimp Recipe will bring the heat to meal time.
- Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil can be made with ease in the oven.
- Shrimp and Cheddar Grits are packed with flavor.
- Make these seasoned Baked Shrimp in the oven.
- Shrimp Dip Recipe for the holidays and game day.
- Sausage and Shrimp Kabobs from Gimme Some Grilling.
Thanks for visiting come back soon!
Disclosure ~ If a purchase is made using one of the affiliate links on this website we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you!
Helpful Kitchen Items:
Air Fryer Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1 lb large shrimp peeled, deveined tail intact
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 1/2 tsp seafood seasoning i.e. Seafood Magic or Old Bay
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp granulated garlic or garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp lemon pepper
- 1-2 Tbsp chopped Italian parsley
- lemon wedges for serving
- Spicy Remoulade Sauce:
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1 Tbsp whole grain mustard
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp seafood seasoning i.e. Seafood Magic or Old Bay
- 2 medium cloves garlic minced
Instructions
- Shrimp: Place shrimp with tails on, in a mixing bowl. Drizzle with oil then toss with seafood seasoning, paprika, garlic, salt and lemon pepper until evenly coated.
- Spray the basket of an air fryer with cooking spray or brush with oil. Heat to 375°F. Arrange shrimp in basket of air fryer in a single layer, not touching.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes OR until no longer pink. (Keep shrimp warm if cooking in batches.)
- Remoulade Sauce: Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl whisking until combined. Place in an airtight container and chill until serving. This can done the day before or several hours in advance.
- Serve with remoulade garnished with fresh parsley and lemon wedges.
I made this recipe as written. I used 15 count wild caught shrimp. This was AMAZING! What a great recipe! The remoulade was also over the top!!! Disclaimer: My husband and I are from Texas. We LOVE spice, and we LOVE Cajun food. This recipe is a HOME RUN! Thank YOU!
Thank you so much, I’m delighted you loved this shrimp!
Can I use this recipe for the air fryer lid? That’s all I got.
Hi Anna Marie, I’m sure you could. Just adjust the timing depending on how it performs.
Hey Melissa! I’ve tried several air fryer shrimp recipes but this one is the best by far! Thank you for sharing that delicious sauce. I know you said it’s optional but not for us, it’s the perfect dip for these babies. You never let me down!
I consider that high praise and I’m so happy you loved the remoulade, too!
How do I print a recipe
There’s a print button in the recipe card, if you’ll scroll down.