Air Fryer Garlic Butter Shrimp & Broccoli

This air fryer garlic butter shrimp and broccoli is a saucy dinner with tender shrimp, broccoli, and plenty of buttery garlic flavor. Everything cooks together in one air fryer pot, so it’s an easy meal with very little prep.

Shrimp and broccoli in the air fryer is filling on its own, or serve it with lemon orzo pasta, garlic butter rice, or air fryer spaghetti squash when you want a more substantial meal.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Lots of garlic butter flavor: The shrimp and broccoli cook in a savory sauce instead of coming out dry.
• Everything cooks together: You get shrimp and a vegetable in the same air fryer pot.
• No thawing required: This recipe was tested with frozen raw shrimp and frozen broccoli.

Ingredients Needed

• Frozen raw shrimp: I use peeled and deveined large or colossal shrimp, preferably 16–20 or 13–15 count.
• Garlic butter: My garlic Parmesan herb butter takes about 5 minutes to make with fresh minced garlic, Parmesan, and seasonings. I also use it to finish air fryer steak and make garlic butter chicken thighs.
• Dry white wine: I usually grab an inexpensive Pinot Grigio. It gives the sauce a light, scampi-style flavor similar to my shrimp scampi. Chicken broth works if you prefer to skip the wine.
• Cherry tomatoes: They soften as they cook and add juicy bites throughout the dish.
• Parmesan cheese: Freshly grated works best here.
• Broccoli: Frozen broccoli makes this meal especially easy because you can add it straight from the freezer. If you want the basic method on its own, see my air fryer frozen broccoli.
• Sea salt and black pepper: Use these to finish the dish to your taste.

How to Make Air Fryer Garlic Butter Shrimp & Broccoli

Build the shrimp and broccoli mixture

Add the frozen broccoli to a solid-bottom air fryer cooking pot, then layer the shrimp, garlic butter, white wine, tomatoes, Parmesan, and black pepper on top.

Start air frying

Air fry at 400°F for 5 minutes. The butter should be melted and the shrimp will have started cooking.

Toss everything together

Stir well so the shrimp and broccoli are coated in the garlic butter mixture and spread evenly in the pot.

Finish cooking

Air fry for another 5–6 minutes, or until the shrimp are opaque and cooked through and the broccoli is tender. Toss everything once more before serving.

Recipe Tips

• Use a solid-bottom pot or pan: This keeps the garlic butter, wine, and shrimp juices with the food instead of letting them drip through an open basket.
• Watch the shrimp size: Smaller shrimp may finish sooner than the large or colossal shrimp used here.
• Taste before adding salt: The Parmesan and garlic butter already add seasoning.
• Use the cooking liquid: Spoon some over each serving instead of leaving it behind in the pot.

What to Serve With Garlic Butter Shrimp and Broccoli

Since the shrimp and broccoli already make a complete meal, add something simple when you want to make dinner more substantial.

• Pasta: Serve it over lemon orzo pasta for a bright lemony side that works well with the garlic butter sauce.
• Rice: Spoon the shrimp and sauce over garlic butter rice, or use cauliflower rice pilaf for another rice-style base.
• Spaghetti squash: Air fryer spaghetti squash gives you another simple base for catching the sauce.
• Dinner rolls: Add Hawaiian dinner rolls, or serve keto garlic bread bites when you want another bread option for soaking up the extra garlic butter.

More Garlic Butter Shrimp Recipes

If you like the garlic butter flavor in this recipe, there are a few other ways to make it.

• Shrimp scampi: A garlic-butter shrimp recipe with white wine and lemon.
• Lemon garlic shrimp foil packets: Shrimp cooked in foil with asparagus and a bright lemon-garlic butter.
• Oven baked shrimp: An easy baked shrimp recipe made with my lemon garlic butter sauce.

More Air Fryer Shrimp Recipes

• If you want a bold Cajun-style shrimp dinner, try my air fryer Cajun shrimp. It’s a saucy shrimp main that works well over grits, rice, or pasta.
• For a Cajun shrimp and broccoli meal, try my air fryer frozen Cajun shrimp & broccoli. That version has a spicier Cajun flavor, while this recipe leans into a richer garlic butter sauce with wine, Parmesan, and tomatoes.

Easy Variations

• Skip the wine: Replace it with chicken broth.
• Add lemon: Finish the shrimp and broccoli with fresh lemon juice.
• Make it spicy: Add crushed red pepper flakes before cooking.

Storage & Reheating

• Store: Refrigerate leftovers with the cooking liquid in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
• Reheat: Warm gently just until heated through so the shrimp stay tender.

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