Sweet and Sour Shrimp
Sweet and sour shrimp at home — Honey Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry, Pineapple Shrimp, Honey Garlic Shrimp and a from-scratch Sweet and Sour Sauce for busy weeknights.
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dinnerHoney Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry
This honey garlic shrimp stir fry featured shrimp, Broccoli, Red bell pepper, and snow peas and is covered in the easiest and most delicious honey soy sauce. 🍯🧄🦐
Alisha ArceIngredients
- 1 lb raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 tsp Olive oil
- 1 Broccoli head chopped
- 2 Bell pepper chopped
- 2 cups Snow peas
- 4 Garlic cloves minced
- Green onions for garnish
- For the sauce
- 1/4 cup Soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Honey
- 2 pinch Ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp Red chili flakes
- 2 Tbsp Cornstarch
Instructions
- 1Whisk sauce ingredients together and set aside.
- 2Cook shrimp with oil and a skillet until pink. Remove from skillet; set aside.
- 3In a deep skillet, add the broccoli, bell peppers and snow peas, along with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and sauté over medium heat until peppers are blistered, 4-5 minutes. Then, add the garlic and shrimp and sauté for 1 additional minute.
- 4Reduce heat to low, then pour in the sauce and stir for 10 seconds or until sauce thickens and everything is coated in the sauce.
- 5Top stir fry with green onions, serve over rice and enjoy!
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Open in Pepper →Shrimp Cooks Faster Than The Rice
Shrimp is the fastest protein in the freezer. Two or three minutes a side and it's done, which means the sauce and the vegetables set the pace, not the shrimp.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on the nights when nobody planned ahead — a bag of shrimp thawing under cool water, a head of broccoli, and honey and soy sauce already in the cabinet.
Every recipe here leans sweet against tangy: Honey Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry with broccoli, plain Honey Garlic Shrimp over rice, Pineapple Shrimp with whatever veggies you have, Hawaiian Pineapple Shrimp Stir-Fry served in pineapple bowls, and a Sweet and Sour Sauce made from water, vinegar, and sugar.
Quick Tips
- 1
Pat the shrimp dry
Blot thawed shrimp with paper towels before they hit the pan so they sear instead of steam. Wet shrimp will drop your pan temperature fast.
- 2
Cook shrimp last
Stir-fry the broccoli and other vegetables first, then add shrimp for the final 3 minutes. They're done when they curl into a loose C and turn opaque.
- 3
Thicken the sauce separately
Stir 1 tablespoon cornstarch into 2 tablespoons cold water, then pour it into the simmering sweet and sour sauce and cook 1 minute until it coats a spoon.
- 4
Drain the pineapple well
Press canned pineapple chunks in a strainer before adding them, or the extra juice will thin your sauce and make everything watery.
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