Papaya Garlic Shrimp

Shrimp sautéed with garlic, onion, and fresh papaya with thyme — served over rice or Thai noodles.

OtherSeafoodEasy15 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
2
  • 3 tbsp butter, divided
  • 2 clove garlic, chopped (not crushed)
  • 0.5 whole Spanish onion, chopped
  • 0.5 whole papaya, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
  • 1 tsp dried thyme leaves
  • 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined

Instructions

  1. 1

    In a saucepan, melt 2 tbsp butter. Sauté chopped garlic and onion until garlic has browned and onion has cleared.

  2. 2

    Add papaya chunks and dried thyme. Stir until papaya just starts to go mushy. Remove to a bowl.

  3. 3

    In the same pan, sauté shrimp in remaining 1 tbsp butter for 2 minutes.

  4. 4

    Return the papaya-garlic-onion mixture to the pan; cook on low heat for 5 more minutes. Serve over rice or Thai noodles.

Tags

seafoodshrimptropicalquickpapayagarlicamericanother