Valentina Ablaev
This easy shrimp rice bowl recipe features tender, juicy shrimp over fluffy white rice, topped with a variety of fresh, flavorful ingredients. What truly sets this shrimp bowl apart is the zesty, homemade cilantro-lime dressing that brings all the delicious flavors together. Perfect for a quick, healthy, and satisfying 30-minute meal!
Why You’ll Love This Shrimp Bowl
When you’re not sure what to make for dinner, a hearty rice bowl is always a great choice! It’s a delicious, balanced, and healthy meal that’s quick to prepare and easy to customize. The best part? You can mix and match your favorite toppings or use whatever fresh ingredients you have on hand for a simple, satisfying dinner idea.
Meal Prep Recipes
When it comes to meal prep, I love a tasty bowl! Just like our homemade chipotle bowl and classic beef taco bowl, you can make all the components and pack them away for the next few lunches—so easy, healthy, and affordable!
Ingredients for Easy Shrimp Bowl
- Rice – Jasmine rice is cooked to a fluffy perfection, and makes for a great base in this bowl. You can also use brown rice, basmati, or cilantro lime rice!
- Shrimp – Large shrimp, seasoned with taco seasoning, make for the perfect protein.
- Toppings – We top our shrimp bowl with corn, avocado, and fresh tomatoes.
- Dressing – Our homemade cilantro lime dressing is made with mayo, fresh garlic, cilantro, sour cream, and fresh lime juice for a bit of tang!
See the recipe card below for a complete list of ingredients and quantities.
Tools for this Recipe
Shop all of Valentina’s favorite kitchen essentials, gadgets, and kitchen must-haves!
- A rice cooker makes cooking rice quick and easy!
- A large skillet helps cook up the shrimp to perfection – a must-have tool!
Substitutions and Variations
- Swap the rice: Use quinoa instead of rice, like in our chicken quinoa bowl! So delicious and packed with a little more protein.
- Cheese it up: Top this shrimp bowl with your favorite cheese to make it extra tasty!
- Toppings: Though we love our simple toppings, there’s an endless list of toppings you can add to the shrimp bowl! Our favorite toppings include guacamole (our homemade guacamole recipe makes the best topping), sliced jalapenos, and fresh cilantro!
How to Make A Shrimp Rice Bowl
- Rice. Cook the rice using your favorite method (our oven-baked rice has never failed us!)
- Shrimp. Season and saute the raw shrimp in a pan and cook for 2 minutes per side.
- Toppings. Sauté the corn in butter, or leave it fresh. Slice the avocado and chop up the cherry tomatoes.
- Assemble. Add white rice to a bowl, top with shrimp, corn, avocado slices, and tomatoes, and drizzle with the creamy cilantro lime sauce.
Expert Tips:
- Use large shrimp. When making a shrimp bowl, using large shrimp is the key to juicy and flavorful shrimp.
- Butter the corn. Though it’s optional, sauteing the corn in butter gives it an incredible flavor and truly takes this bowl to the next level.
- Experiment with the toppings. Top the bowl with sriracha, fresh green onion, cucumber, carrots, and the options are endless!
Serving Suggestions
- Tortillas: Serve this bowl with a side of tortillas like you would when eating shrimp fajitas! Make little tacos and enjoy as a fun and delicious bowl!
- Chips and salsa: Enjoy this bowl with a fun appetizer of chips and homemade salsa!
Store & Reheat
- Storage. Keep leftovers refrigerated for up to 3 days. Store the components separately for the best reheating process!
- Reheat. Warm up the rice and shrimp individually and assemble the bowl!
- Freeze. We don’t recommend freezing this bowl.
More Shrimp Recipes
If you loved the shrimp bowls, be sure to also try these other family-friendly shrimp recipes:
Grains and Pasta- Grains and Pasta
- Seafood
- Dips
- One Pan Meals
- Seafood
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Shrimp Rice Bowl Recipe
Ingredients
Bowl:
- 1/2 lb white rice uncooked
- 1/2 lb raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- 2 tsp taco seasoning
- 1 tbsp of oil
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 1 cup corn fresh or canned
- 1 avocado sliced or cubed
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes halved
Cilantro lime dressing:
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 3 Tbsp chopped cilantro
- 2 Tbsp sour cream
- 1½ Tbsp lime juice
Instructions
- Cook the rice using a rice cooker or our oven-baked rice recipe.
- Pat the shrimp dry, then season both sides with taco seasoning.
- Heat a pan with oil, then add the shrimp in a single layer. Cook on medium-high heat for 2 minutes per side, then remove the shrimp from the pan.
- To the same pan, add the butter and heat to medium.
- Add the corn to the pan and sauté for a few minutes, or until golden brown.
- To a bowl, add rice, top with shrimp, corn, avocado, and cherry tomatoes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together cilantro lime dressing.
- Drizzle the dressing over the bowl.
- Serve, and enjoy!
Notes
- Use large shrimp when making this bowl to ensure they are juicy and not overcooked.
- Get creative with the toppings! Add guac, pico, cilantro, or jalapenos to create a variety of flavors!
- When storing leftovers in the fridge, store everything separately. This ensures that you can reheat the rice and shrimp without warming up the toppings.
Nutrition
Recipe FAQs
Shrimp becomes rubbery when overcooked, so be sure not to overcook the shrimp. Shrimp is perfectly cooked when no longer gray and has pink hues and is opaque and slightly curls.
Yes, you can make the dressing in advance, and store in the fridge for up to 2 days.
