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 …
@xj2009 Wow. All sounds great! I might do a Spam musubi video. All good stuff!
I actually tried this receipe and it didn’t come out nice at all, i dont know it just did not come out spicy and i love spicy food…i always go exactly by the receipe, but it seemed really nice, thanks ima just modifiy it
hey, i did it and it was delicious! i just had 1 problem, i usually cant cook something without burning the garlic
what can i do? 
@Chopinco
The garlic in this is wonderful. Even if it gets a little burnt! =]
@ChefTips Excuse me? The garlic is not burnt! shut the hell up you sub-human disgrace.
lol fail
@ChefTips … All is good at LL BBQ. I always order Katsu chicken. Try that one first, then maybe you can show your version of chicken katsu and how to make those “oh so yummy” macaroni salad that LL BBQ makes. I tried making it myself but it doesn’t taste the same.
It sounds great, and you can replace the butter with olive oi to make it better for your heart and also not lose the taste.
why am I just watching youtube cooking shows?
@SLEOGTO
Hello. Yes, you can use olive oil in place of the butter.
@sickman112
I don’t know. Maybe you are hungry?
i saw this recipe and was interested , from the beginning i thought the garlic would over power the shrimp. but it didnt the wife used a tad bit more wine and that really set it off. by the way we also did the same to some cod steaks everything was perfect . thanks for posting this recipe.
wife made it tonight and it is unbelievable! it sounded so good she used the same method on cod steaks and it was every bit as good as the shrimp if not better.
@ChefTips Yeah maybe I was, your vids are great btw
@sickman112
Ha ha! Thanks!
Short, Descriptive and Straight to the point! I love it!
@zen837 Thanks! You’re very kind. I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe!
can i use anything instead of wine?
@saminacmc
You can leave it out. You can also use some fresh lemon juice as a replacement.
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I made it today MY 18, 2010, My qife and kid enjoy eating it over hot rice… I only add oregano powder, onion and garlic powder some black pepper powder and I used rice wine instead of white and it turned out delicious… thanks a lot
@szchoedee You’re welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment on the recipe! Cheers, Jason
Looks very good. I recommend baguettes and some aioli as well. I usually eat this around summertime.
Also those shrimps are called Tiger Prawns. Might be easier finding them under that name. Keep up the cooking shows, I quite enjoy them.
thanks ..i made these this evening , i didnt have any white wine but it turned out good !
thanks for posting this video!
@Lleanlleawrg
Thanks for recommending those additions and thanks for the compliment!
Cheers!