Artificial Food Coloring Free Paleo Garlic Shrimp

Total time20 min

Prep time10 min

Cook time10 min

Artificial Food Coloring Free Paleo Garlic Shrimp

Garlicky, bright, and just a little spicy, this shrimp dish is the kind of weeknight dinner that feels far more impressive than the effort it takes. A generous pour of olive oil, six cloves of thinly sliced garlic, and a pinch of red pepper flakes build a deeply fragrant base before the shrimp even hit the pan. The whole thing comes together in minutes — a quick sear, a splash of dry white wine and fresh lemon juice, and you're done. Every single ingredient here is exactly what it says it is: whole, real, and completely free of synthetic dyes or artificial additives that sneak into so many packaged sauces and seasoning blends. That's the quiet win with cooking from scratch — no label-reading anxiety, no mystery colorants hiding in a pre-made marinade. Fresh parsley and a squeeze of lemon at the end keep the flavors clean and vivid without any artificial help. Serve it straight from the skillet with extra lemon wedges and something to soak up that glossy, garlicky pan sauce.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1 ½ lb large shrimp (21–25 count), peeled and deveined, tails on
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⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
½ tsp red pepper flakes
¼ cup dry white wine
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
½ tsp kosher salt
3 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped

For serving

lemon wedges, for serving

Instructions

1
Pat the shrimp thoroughly dry with paper towels and season with the kosher salt.
2
Heat the olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat until the oil shimmers. Add the sliced garlic and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring frequently, until the garlic is pale golden at the edges and fragrant, about 2–3 minutes. Watch closely — garlic at this volume can brown quickly.

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