Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style: Restaurant-Quality at Home

Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style: Restaurant-Quality at Home

Bring the flavors of your favorite seafood market (dampa) to your kitchen with this Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style recipe! This dish features plump, juicy shrimp smothered in a rich, sweet, and garlicky butter sauce with a secret ingredient – Sprite – that adds a unique sweetness and helps tenderize the shrimp. Perfect as an appetizer, main dish, or pulutan with drinks!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

✔ Restaurant-quality – tastes just like dampa seafood market favorites
✔ Quick & easy – ready in just 15 minutes
✔ Perfect balance of sweet, savory, and buttery flavors
✔ Versatile – great with rice, pasta, or as finger food

Pro Tips

🍤 For extra flavor – Use shrimp with heads on
🔥 More sauce? Double the sauce ingredients
🌶 Spicy version – Add chopped chili or chili flakes
🧈 Richer sauce – Add 1 tbsp cream at the end

Serving Suggestions

🍚 With garlic rice – Perfect for soaking up the sauce
🍺 As pulutan – Great with cold beer
🍝 Over pasta – Makes amazing shrimp scampi

Storage Tips

❄️ Best eaten fresh – Shrimp gets rubbery when reheated
⏱ Make ahead – Prep sauce ingredients in advance

“This Dampa-style shrimp will transport you to your favorite seafood market with its irresistible garlic butter sauce and perfectly cooked shrimp!”

Perfect for:
• Date night dinners
• Family gatherings
• Drinking sessions
• Quick weeknight meals

For more recipes, feel free to browse our recipe archive. For cooking video guide here’s the link: Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style

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Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style: Restaurant-Quality at Home

Author: Yummy Food Ph Cooking Method: Sauteing Cuisine: Asian, Filipino Courses: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish Recipe Keys: High Protein Quick Meals S Shrimp

Difficulty: Intermediate Prep Time 5 mins Cook Time 10 mins Total Time 15 mins

Servings: 3 Calories: 420

Best Season: Suitable throughout the year

Description

Bring the flavors of your favorite seafood market (dampa) to your kitchen with this Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style recipe! This dish features plump, juicy shrimp smothered in a rich, sweet, and garlicky butter sauce with a secret ingredient - Sprite - that adds a unique sweetness and helps tenderize the shrimp. Perfect as an appetizer, main dish, or pulutan with drinks!

Ingredients

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Servings

Main Protein:

• ½ kg large shrimp (with heads on for more flavor)

Sauce Ingredients:

• ½ cup butter
• 8 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 red onion, minced
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 cup sprite (7-Up works too)

Instructions

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Prep & Marinate

1. Rinse shrimp, trim antennae, and devein (leave shells on for flavor).
2. Marinate in Sprite for 1 hour (tenderizes and adds sweetness). Reserve the marinade liquid.

Cook the Sauce

1. Melt butter in a wide pan over medium heat.
2. Sauté garlic until fragrant (30 sec), then onions until translucent (1 min).
3. Stir in tomato paste, sugar, and oyster sauce. Pour in reserved marinade liquid (Sprite).
4. Simmer uncovered for 3-4 mins until slightly thickened.

Cook the Shrimp

1. Add shrimp in a single layer. Cook 2 mins per side until shells turn pink.
2. Toss with sauce. Season with pepper and salt (start with ¼ tsp).

Finish & Serve

1. Turn off heat. Mix in spring onions (they’ll wilt slightly).

2. Serve immediately with:

   • Steamed rice to soak up sauce
   • Lemon wedges for brightness

   Watch our quick tutorial! [Garlic Butter Shrimp Dampa Style]

Nutrition Facts

Servings 3

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Amount Per Serving

Calories 420kcal

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 26g40%

Saturated Fat 14g70%

Cholesterol 280mg94%

Sodium 1100mg46%

Protein 28g57%

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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: garlic butter shrimp