This Cucumber Noodles with Garlic Shrimp recipe is a simple, delicious, and healthy meal, ready in less than 15 min. Perfect weeknight meal.
Hey… Summer is not over yet!
I’m trying to take advantage here of what’s left of summer as I feel it’s quickly ending.
Even though a part of me is super ready to receive fall, the other part is not quite ready yet! The truth. I will miss the sunny and beautiful light-filled days, the pool, fresh corn, peaches, zucchinis, etc. Oh, how I’m going to miss summer.
The other day I was at Costco and saw these delicious and giant shrimp. Actually, they are called prawns. I just couldn’t help myself. My husband is not a big fan of any seafood in general. The prize was pretty decent and I can cook 2 or 3 meals with them so I still bought them. My first thought was: what a great idea to use this shrimp with my yummy cucumber noodles.
My daughter Andrea is obsessed with cucumber noodles!
Since I bought my spiralizer, every time she comes home, she brings a cucumber hahaha. No joke. Seriously, It’s one of the best kitchen gadgets of all time so if you don’t have one, you probably should run out and get one.
Back to the recipe.
Cucumber Noodles + Shrimp it is!
My favorite way to cook shrimp, or prawns, in this case, is with garlic. Yes, tons of garlic. It remains me Venezuelan “Tascas” (taverns) where you can eat all kind of tapas. In Spanish, we called them “Camarones al Ajillo” – Garlic Shrimp. The secret is to add a lot of garlic and parsley, and a touch of wine.
Ingredients
- 1 English cucumber (a.k.a. hot house cucumber)
- 1/2 cup of olive oil
- 6-8 cloves garlic, peeled and very finely chopped
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1/4 cup parsley, finely chopped
Instructions
- Spiralize the cucumber. Cut it into smaller strands if they are too long. Set Aside
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Stirring constantly to prevent burning.
- Add in shrimps and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook on one side until they turn pink. Add the wine and parsley, and flip the shrimp over, and cook until pink and wine is reduced; about 2 more minutes.
- Mix in the cucumbers and toss to combine. Sprinkle with more parsley, if desired.
- Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes:
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I just made this for dinner and it is super yummy!! I wil definitely be making this again.
I used vegetable broth instead of a white wine but kept all other ingredients the same. Paired it with a side of quinoa.
Thanks for the recipe!
Hello Krizia! I’m SO GLAD you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking the time to come back and let me know!🙂
Your link for the spiralizer you use doesn’t seem to be working. What is the name/brand? I’m on the look out for a good one! Thank you!
Hello LA!Thanks for stopping by. This is the one I have and works perfectly. http://amzn.to/2kvnpxq (affiliate link)
I’ve never tried cucumber noodles but I know they must be healthier for you than regular noodles. I would love to try these with my family.
They are delicious, Dave! Hope you give them a try soon. Thanks for stopping by ????
Have you ever been told your pictures are too devine?? OMG! It is distracting me and I just want to make this right now! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Thanks so much, Jaqui!! I’m SO GLAD you enjoyed my pictures ????
Great recipe…
Any substitute for parsley and white wine…coz here we won’t get that both…please help
Thanks
Hello Nasni, you could use cilantro (coriander) instead of parsley, and vegetable broth instead of wine. Let me know how comes out.
Thank you for your fast reply…i’ll try and let u know
Oooo i like the vegetable broth subsitute, thanks! I dont buy wine for the house bc i open and have 1 cup, than it goes bad
Hi Natasha!! Thanks for trying my recipe ????
its shrimp not shrimps, even when you mean more than one shrimp
Thanks Connie!! Sorry for the misspelling.
OMG! I love zucchini noodles, but cucumber noodles may give them a run for their money. I’m excited to try this.
I have tried zucchini noodles but never cucumber noodles. Definitely something that I need to try.. curious to know how they taste in comparison!
I love this idea of using cucumbers as noodles!! So creative!
Thanks Ami… totally guilt-free and soo tasty!!!
Do you have an especial machine to cut the cucumber like that?
Si Daily… Arriba en el texto puse el link. Sirve para cortar todo tipo de vegetales. ¡A mi me encanta!
Me encanto esta receta y sus ricos ingredientes. Me la llevo, gracias por compartirla.
Gracias Mayito!! Te va a gustar =)
How do you cook the cucumber to make noodles out of cucumber
Hello Linda!! I don’t cook the cucumber to make the noodles, I can spiralized the cucumber raw. Please let me know if you have any other question.