Easy Healthy Meals With Shrimp and Chicken

A close-up on dutch oven filled with Jambalaya

If you're looking for something delicious to make with chicken and shrimp, you're in the right place. These crowd-pleasing dinners put the ingredients to good use. Whether you're looking for a Cajun-inspired meal with a kick, a satisfying pasta or salad that'll impress everyone at your table, or something else, you'll want to bookmark this collection of our best chicken and shrimp recipes — you'll come back to it again and again.

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Shrimp and Sausage and Chicken Gumbo

Shrimp and Sausage and Chicken Gumbo over white rice

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Warm up on a chilly night with this hearty gumbo that's full of shredded chicken, shrimp, and Italian sausage.

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Thai Shrimp, Chicken, Grapefruit, and Coconut Salad

salad with shrimp and grapefruit

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Shrimp and Chicken Miso Ramen

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Shrimp, chicken, wakame (dried seaweed), and ramen are served in a Japanese-style miso broth. Reviewer and Allrecipes Allstar thedailygourmet recommends boiling the noodles for just a few minutes, as they'll turn mushy otherwise.

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Paella

a white bowl holding saffron-colored rice with mussels, shrimp, and calamari

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Recipe creator Christine calls this dish "a very traditional paella, garnished with chorizo, chicken, peas, squid, mussels, and shrimp." It doesn't get much more delicious than that, folks.

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Authentic Vietnamese Spring Rolls (Nem Ran Hay Cha Gio)

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Rice paper is stuffed with a flavorful filling (made rice noodles, chicken, shrimp, eggs, carrot, wood fungus mushrooms, and green onions), rolled tightly, and then deep-fried until golden and crispy.

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One-Pot Keto Jambalaya with Cauliflower Rice

A close-up on dutch oven filled with Jambalaya

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Pad Thai Noodles

Here's a restaurant-worthy chicken and shrimp meal you can easily make at home. It has a "delicate balance of spicy, sweet, salty, and sour flavors," according to recipe creator Bud W.

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Jambalasta

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This fun twist on traditional jambalaya is made with linguine pasta instead of white rice. A tablespoon of hot sauce adds welcome heat, but you can add more or less to suit your personal taste.

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Ragin' Cajun Pasta

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House Fried Rice

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The Allrecipes community can't get enough of this top-rated recipe. "I have tried many times to make fried rice and it has always turned out mushy and disappointing," says reviewer PANANAKA. "This one was delicious though! The rice remained firm and it was a perfect amount of flavor."

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Creamy Chicken and Shrimp Alfredo

This crowd-pleasing chicken and shrimp pasta features a decadent cream cheese sauce that's spiced with flavorful Italian seasonings.

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Instant Pot Jambalaya with Shrimp and Chicken

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Jambalaya Pot Pie

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Here's the comfort food mash-up you never knew you needed. Recipe creator crackerjackprinter says it's easy to customize using whatever meats and veggies you have on hand.

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Hunan Kung Pao

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Inspired by a popular chain restaurant, this irresistible chicken and shrimp dinner is the perfect balance of spicy, savory, and sweet.

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Rouxless Gumbo

Stirring Up Trouble

Unlike most gumbo recipes, this dish doesn't start with roux made of flour and fat. "We're trying to go as low carb as possible and it appealed to me that I didn't need to add flour," says 5-star reviewer lgibber12.

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