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    Home » Dinner

    Garlic Roasted Shrimp with Zucchini Pasta (Paleo, Keto, Whole30)

    August 12, 2018 Updated: July 22, 2022 by Lisa Wells / 19 Comments

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    This easy garlic roasted shrimp with zucchini pasta recipe is a great weeknight shrimp dinner — you can have it on the table in 20 minutes. And it's paleo, keto, and Whole30 compliant!

    Zucchini noodles with shrimp

    Paleo shrimp and zucchini pasta

    This garlic roasted shrimp with zucchini pasta is a quick and easy paleo shrimp recipe. It's a great weeknight dinner — you can have it on the table in 20 minutes. With just olive oil, ghee, garlic, and lemon for the sauce, this shrimp and zucchini pasta recipe is low carb, keto, and Whole30-friendly.

    Keeping a bag of shrimp in the freezer is a great hack for quick dinners. Frozen shrimp thaw so quickly you can make this dinner at a moment's notice. Just put the shrimp in a bowl of cold water to thaw when you preheat the oven. By the time you get the rest of the sauce ingredients into the baking dish, the shrimp should be thawed. If there is a little bit of ice left on the shrimp, just rinse under cold water for a minute and you should be good to go.

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    Shrimp zucchini pasta

    Easy keto shrimp and zucchini noodles recipe

    This quick-cooking Whole30 shrimp recipe is so versatile you can use either raw or pre-cooked shrimp, depending on what you find in your area. If your shrimp are raw roast them until they turn pink and start to curl. That's how you know they are done. If you are starting with pre-cooked shrimp, just cook them until the shrimp are warmed through. Either way, they are delicious with the garlicky sauce.

    Spiralized zucchini is a great gluten-free, grain-free, low carb pasta alternative. Here's how to make the zucchini noodles. You can easily make the zucchini pasta while the shrimp are in the oven.

    I like the zucchini noodles just tossed in the hot sauce with the shrimp. But if you want them a little softer, remove the shrimp from the sauce when done and set them on a plate covered with foil to keep warm. Then toss the zucchini pasta in the sauce in the baking dish and put it back in the oven for a few minutes to soften the zucchini.

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    Shrimp zucchini pasta

    Garlic Roasted Shrimp with Zucchini Pasta

    This easy shrimp with zucchini pasta recipe is a great weeknight dinner — you can have it on the table in 20 minutes.
    4.24 from 13 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 mins
    Cook Time: 10 mins
    Total Time: 20 mins
    Servings: 2 servings
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American
    Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Keto, Low Carb, Paleo, Whole30
    Author: Lisa Wells

    Ingredients

    • 8 ounces peeled and deveined shrimp thawed if frozen
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons ghee melted (or additional olive oil)
    • 2 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 lemon zested and juiced
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • fresh ground pepper to taste
    • 2 medium zucchini spiralized or sliced into thin strips for zucchini pasta

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
    • Add shrimp, olive oil, ghee, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper to the baking dish. Toss to coat shrimp.
    • Bake for 8-10 minutes, turning once. Cook until shrimp are pink and just cooked through, or until heated through if using pre-cooked shrimp.
    • Add the zucchini pasta, toss and serve.

    Notes

    For dairy-free: replace ghee with additional olive oil

    Nutrition

    Calories: 409kcal Carbohydrates: 8g Protein: 25g Fat: 31g Saturated Fat: 11g Cholesterol: 324mg Sodium: 1188mg Potassium: 602mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 5g Vitamin A: 390IU Vitamin C: 46.4mg Calcium: 201mg Iron: 3.1mg
    Keyword: Quick and Easy, Shrimp, Zoodles
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    Comments

    1. Crystal D

      January 16, 2014 at 6:12 pm

      This was really delicious, and also the first time I made zucchini pasta and it went perfectly with this meal! Thanks for the great recipe, I'll definitely be making this again.

      Reply
      • Lisa

        January 17, 2014 at 1:16 pm

        Thank you Crystal! This is one of my favorites - I'm so lad you enjoyed it!

        Reply
      • Lorene De Silva

        June 28, 2016 at 12:37 am

        I made the Zuchinni pasta tonight first time and will make it again. Very clean and tasty. The grilled prawns went well with it. Thank you for the recipe.

        Reply
    2. Jennifer

      February 22, 2014 at 7:45 pm

      Made this for dinner last night. The smell of garlic roasting went throughout the house, but once I actually tasted it, I was in absolute heaven. Definitely doing zucchini pasta again 😀

      Reply
      • Lisa

        February 24, 2014 at 1:20 pm

        Awesome! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Jessi

      August 06, 2015 at 8:52 am

      When I want softer zucchini pasta, I put the raw "zoodles" in a colander and toss them with a little salt and let them sit for 5 minutes or so. They soften up nicely and the excess water drains out so you don't make your shrimp or spaghetti sauce all watery!

      Reply
    4. Diane Muryn

      October 25, 2015 at 6:56 pm

      I made this tonight for the first time and it was delicious!

      Reply
      • Lisa

        October 26, 2015 at 11:45 am

        Yay! I'm so glad you loved it, Diane!

        Reply
    5. Lynn

      January 11, 2016 at 8:42 am

      Hi Lisa, I love my spiralizer and the zucchini noodles it makes AND I love shrimp...so this is a match made in heaven. And then you throw in garlic...perfection.

      thanks for sharing it, Lynn

      Reply
    6. Marie, The Interior Frugalista

      January 11, 2016 at 12:44 pm

      Yummy - pinned to share and refer back to when I make this soon. I've just ordered a spiralizer attachment for my Kitchen Aid mixer and this will be the first recipe I try!

      Reply
      • Lisa

        January 11, 2016 at 3:09 pm

        Perfect! Hope you love it, Marie!

        Reply
    7. Kate

      February 02, 2016 at 12:18 pm

      This looks great - do you cook the zucchini noodles at all, or just serve them room temperature?

      Reply
      • Lisa

        February 04, 2016 at 2:39 pm

        Hi Kate, you can do either. If you like them a little softer cook them for a few minutes.

        Reply
    8. Jennifer Gray

      September 27, 2016 at 8:45 pm

      Oh my gosh...amazing. I made mine with spaghetti squash instead of ZND's because I had it on hand. I used Colossal shrimp because it is what I had. It tasted like Lobster on top of my squash. WOW. What a great find! thank you!!!!

      Reply
    9. Madison @ Keto Diet

      January 29, 2018 at 4:04 pm

      5 stars
      Oh! Another Shrimp in Zucchini Pasta, delightfully fantastic dish! Let me try this for my family. Thank you!

      Reply
    10. Jay

      March 16, 2018 at 4:44 pm

      Thanks for the recipe! Quick question - are the calories total for the whole thing or per serving? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Lisa

        April 13, 2018 at 1:19 pm

        Hi Jay, the nutrition info is per serving.

        Reply
    11. Bryan

      August 15, 2018 at 11:46 pm

      I've never really wanted to try zucchini pasta but this recipe makes me want to change that! I love pasta so at this point I really need to jump on the zucchini train.

      I might just give this recipes a try for next weeks meal prep!

      Reply
    12. Regelyn

      January 19, 2020 at 10:46 pm

      4 stars
      The dish you prepared is delicious.You're a fantastic cook.

      Reply

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