Secret Shrimp Stir Fry

Name: Secret Shrimp Stir Fry
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: shrimp; garlic; ginger; salt; snow pea pods; sweet red bell peppers; scallions, spring or green onions; garlic; sugar; rice vinegar; ketchup; cooking sherry; chili garlic sauce; sesame oil; soy sauce, tamari; cornstarch

Quick and easy to prepare. Crispy veggies, perfectly cooked shrimp with a nicely balanced sweet and sour glaze that highlight the flavor of the tender shrimp.

Yield

4 servings

Prep

10 min

Cook

7 min

Ready

30 min

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
Marinade/brine
1	pound	shrimp raw
1	clove	garlic small, minced
1	inch	ginger piece, minced	*
¼	teaspoon	salt
Veggies
8	ounces	snow pea pods
1		sweet red bell peppers yellow, orange or red, largish diced
½	cup	scallions, spring or green onions sliced
1	clove	garlic large, chopped
Sauce
1 ½	tablespoons	sugar
2	tablespoons	rice vinegar
1 ½	tablespoons	ketchup
1	tablespoons	cooking sherry or shaoxing (chinese cooking wine)	*
1	tablespoons	chili garlic sauce	*
½	tablespoon	sesame oil
1	teaspoon	soy sauce, tamari
2	teaspoons	cornstarch

Low Fat, Low in Saturated Fat, Trans-fat Free

Directions

In a medium bowl. Mix together the shrimp, garlic, ginger and salt. Set aside to brine for 20 minutes at room temperature. Meanwhile prepare the green onions, red pepper and garlic.

Meanwhile prepare the green onions, red pepper and garlic.

Add the sugar, rice vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, sesame oil, chili garlic sauce, sherry and cornstarch to a small bowl and whisk until combined.

Heat 1 tablespoon of peanut of vegetable oil in a non-stick skillet over medium-high to high heat until the oil just starts to smoke.

Add the snow peas, red bell pepper and garlic to the skillet and stir-fry (constantly stirring) for a couple of minutes until the veggies are slightly blistered and beginning to brown. Remove the veggies from the pan and set aside.

Add the snow peas, red bell pepper and garlic to a hot skillet with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil added,

Add another tablespoon of oil to the pan. Add the scallions and stir fry for 30 seconds. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the shrimp. Cook for 30 seconds to one minute.

Then add the sauce and allow to poach for about two minutes until the sauce has thickened is more sticky and coats the shrimp. There will not be a lot of sauce.