Big Island Garlic Butter Shrimp
with Pineapple-Cilantro Rice & Snap Peas
- Wheat
- Shellfish
- Milk
Picture it now: swaying palm trees, warm breezes, the big waves of the Pacific crashing while you savor these crispy, succulent, garlicky shrimp, beachside… That’s the vibe here, and this dinner idea is all yours for the taking. Lightly battered shrimp crisp up deliciously in garlic butter. You’ll add crunchy snap peas and zippy scallions to the mix, then serve it over fluffy pineapple-cilantro rice. Sprinkle with crispy garlic and a squeeze of fresh lime juice, and get ready for aloha time wherever you are.
Ingredients
4 ounce
Pineapple
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
2 clove
Garlic
4 ounce
Sugar Snap Peas
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Lime
¼ ounce
Cilantro
1 tablespoon
Flour
(Contains: Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Cornstarch
1 teaspoon
Paprika
10 ounce
Shrimp
(Contains: Shellfish)
2 ounce
Sweet Thai Chili Sauce
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
2 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Drain pineapple, reserving juice in a small bowl; roughly chop.
• In a small pot, combine rice, chopped pineapple, reserved pineapple juice, half the garlic powder, 1 cup water, and a pinch of salt (use a medium pot and 2 cups water for 4 servings). • Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, thinly slice garlic. Trim and remove strings from snap peas. Trim scallions, then cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Quarter lime. Roughly chop cilantro.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, paprika, remaining garlic powder, and a pinch of salt and pepper. • Rinse shrimp* under cold water, then pat dry with paper towels. Add to bowl with flour mixture and toss to coat.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium heat. • Once butter has melted, add sliced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 1-2 minutes. (TIP: Watch garlic carefully so it doesn’t burn!) Using a slotted spoon, transfer garlic to a paper-towel-lined plate. Reserve pan with garlic butter.
• Increase heat under pan with garlic butter to medium high. Once garlic butter is hot enough that a pinch of flour mixture sizzles when added to pan, add coated shrimp and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and almost cooked through, 2-3 minutes. • Add snap peas and scallions; cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are tender and shrimp is cooked through, 2-3 minutes more. • Stir in chili sauce and cook, stirring constantly, until everything is coated, 1 minute more.
• Fluff rice with a fork; stir in juice from one lime wedge (two wedges for 4 servings) and as much cilantro as you like. Taste and season with salt if needed. • Divide rice and garlic butter shrimp and snap peas between bowls in separate sections. Sprinkle everything with crispy garlic and serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.
Shrimp are fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 145°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the delicious blend of sweet and savory flavors, with some suggesting a touch more spice 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Several found it quick and easy to make, though a few noted it required more prep time than expected.
- Suggestions: Consider swapping snap peas for green beans or broccoli; some found the peas too stringy or tough.
- Portions: Good portion size for most, though a few wished for more shrimp or pineapple in the rice.
- Texture: Some had trouble achieving crispy shrimp; try searing pineapple with shrimp for added flavor.
Reviews from our home cooks
OMG this is one of my favorite HF dishes ever. However, I have improvements to the recipe that I think will make it much better. 1. Add real garlic to the pineapple rice, and maybe add ginger, I think that would be yummy, maybe 1 TB garlic and 1 TB ginger? 2. Triple or quadruple the fried garlic, it's tasty and you'll want more. 3. Add the snap peas and scallions to the shrimp in step 6, after adding the chili sauce. The shrimp batter and chili sauce combo is fire, but the snap peas need cooking and right now the recipe doesn't have them cooked, even though they're in the pan in the picture. I'm gonna order this whenever it comes through, it's that good!
Great tasting recipe. The snap peas didn't string well, so there were probably strings on them, but I didn't taste a difference. The cilantro and scallions went so well with the pineapple rice though. I would definitely make this again.
Fantastic flavors in this one. Loved the pineapple rice and the light breading on the shrimp. Snap peas provided a great crunch and the sauce was awesome!
Amazingly delicious meal!! The light breading on the shrimp made it taste so fabulous. The rice was very tasty and the snap peas were fantastic. We loved it!!
Although delicious, I believe the recipe card was incorrect. There is no mention of what to do with the snap peas and scallion. The step 5 (cook shrimp) picture has what I believe to be the snap peas and scallions in the pan, but the recipe doesn't mention when they should be added. Were they meant to be cooked? Or eaten raw?
Absolutely a winner! This dish is special, I really enjoyed preparing the shrimp in a different way than I have ever done before, the crispness added another level of flavor. The sugar snap peas were the star of the show! I'm not familiar with this vegetable but I'm happy I'm aware of it now, it was so crunchy and delicious!! I'd definitely reorder.
I am a seafood fan. I order it almost every week and shrimp is the most common choice you offer, I think. This Big Island shrimp was a clear winner. I enjoyed it more than any other recent meal. The flavors that are so prominent just make the meal a joy to both prepare and to consume. Please put it on your list again soon.
This meal was one of our favorites. I cooked the shrimp perfect, and the sauce was amazing. Along with the flavors of the rice, it was an amazing meal. Loved the pineapple rice with this too. Love, love love this meal!
I think the sweet chili sauce overpowered the garlic flavor. Maybe more of a soy sauce or sweet hoisin type sauce would do better. Loved the snap peas and shrimp.
This was amazing! Could have used a little more pineapple and next time I will sear the pineapple and cook it with the shrimp. Chicken would be good, too
