10 Delicious Recipes Featuring Shrimp

Ah shrimp. I just love seafood, especially shrimp. Well if you have a jonesing for some tasty shrimp recipes, we here at Cheap Is The New Classy have just the thing for you. We have rounded up some of the tastiest shrimp recipes on the net to share with you for tomorrow, National Shrimp Day. Yum. Yum.

10 Cooking With Shrimp Recipes For National Shrimp Day

Asian Shrimp Salad Bowl | Cooking on the Front Burner

If you don’t like shrimp you are no friend of mine. I kid! I kid! But seriously, how could you not like shrimp? Between lobster, shrimp and crab legs, I think I could eat seafood the rest of my life. Anyway, forget lobster and crab legs…today is all about shrimp {or skrimps, as I like to call them}!

Shrimp Boil | All She Cooks

Fun Fact: Did you know that Americans eat more shrimp than they do canned tuna? Also, I so want that Shrimp Boil pictured above. Would one of you kind readers offer to make it for me?

Garlic Lemon Shrimp with Savory Root Vegetable Rice Pilaf | A Family Feast

Baked Shrimp Rangoon Recipe | Newlywed Survival

Rangoons = yum! I have had crab rangoons {I get them every time we go to the local Chinese restaurant, but I have never tried shrimp rangoons. I will have to make these stat!

Fun Fact #2: A mantis shrimp has claws so big they can rip through aquarium glass! Ok, maybe not “rip” so much as “break.” But still. You might not want one of these babies for your fish tank. If it can do that to aquarium glass, imagine what it can do to the other fish in the tank. *eek*

Shrimp Crawfish and Scallop Jambalaya | Call Me PMc

Honey, Garlic and Lime Shrimp Recipe | Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Homemade Ceviche | Craft Dictator

Fun Fact #3: Shrimps are born male and then become female as they mature. Therefore, Mature = Female. Thought I’s throw some science at you today. 😉

Steak and Shrimp with Peach Chipotle Blue Cheese Butter | Food Done Light

Easy Rice with Shrimp and Tomatoes | What’s Cooking, Love?

Fun {Scary} Fact #4: A pistol shrimp can deliver an explosive attack hotter than the face of the sun! So, you might not want to make it mad.

Crab Cake Stuffed Shrimp | Lady Behind the Curtain

What Are Your Favorite Shrimp Recipes and Recipes Including Shrimp?

Dawn McAlexander: Dawn is a full time writer and content creator. Besides Cheap Is The New Classy, she also owns and writes for EatPlayRock.com, an entertainment site. Her interests include traveling, attending music events, DIY projects and reading. Dawn has a B.S. in Psychology and currently resides in North Carolina with her husband, Kenny, their dog, Marley, and their cat, TJ.

View Comments (47)

  • Wow, that is a great roundup for shrimp lovers. Thanks for putting all these awesome recipes in one place!

  • I love shrimps and I'm gonna show this to my Mom so she can make something for me. Everything looks really good! :)

  • drooling! Love shrimp, I so would make it more if my husband liked it. I may have to try some of these recipes out!

  • Those all look scrumptious. Cooking shrimp intimidates me, but I may have to step out of my comfort zone!

  • I love shrimp and I am always looking for new recipes for them. Thanks!

  • I have never met a shrimp dish that I didn't like. It has always been one of my favorites!

  • My mom likes shrimp and cooking, so I'll pass some of these recipes to her. Thank you for this so close to Mother's day.

  • They really have holidays for everything, don't they? Anywho, I love shrimp! I pinned this and sent it to Twitter.

    • Thank you so much for sharing! Yes, there really is a holiday for everything!

  • Shrimp is not my thing, so I'll save this idea for Father's Day - my husband loves it!

    • My husband hardly ever ate seafood until he met me. He said he didn't like it, but really he assumed he didn't like it as he hadn't tried many types of seafood. It turns out that he likes shrimp, lobster, crab and a few other things. He also didn't like Mexican or Chinese food either... ;)