The shrimp recipes cooks save most on Pepper — garlic butter pasta, blackened air fryer, New Orleans BBQ, and shrimp bowls that cook in under 20 minutes.
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Garlic butter Shrimp Pasta
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Open in Pepper →The shrimp recipes cooks save on Pepper share one advantage — they cook in under five minutes once the pan is hot, which makes them the fastest protein for a weeknight.
The top-saved versions split between garlic butter (pasta, scampi, skillet) and Cajun-forward (blackened, New Orleans BBQ, gumbo).
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