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Shrimp With Snow Peas

Shrimp With Snow Peas

A Chinese dinner made with seafood. Ready in about 48 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 5 people +

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Main ingredient

  • 1 ¼ lb shrimps

Fresh & other

  • 2 ½ tsp cornstarch
  • 1 ½ tbsp dry sherry
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 0.6 lb snow peas
  • ⅓ cup chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
  • 5 scallions

Sauces & oils

  • 2 ½ tbsp peanut oil
  • 2 ½ tsp soy sauce
  • 2 ½ tsp sesame seed oil
Spices & seasonings (2): kosher salt, ground ginger
  • ¾ tsp kosher salt
  • 1 ½ tbsp ground ginger

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Save prep time garlic, ginger and by prepping the peas while the shrimp is marinating.

  2. Marinate the shrimp

  3. Mix all marinade ingredients in a big bowl.

  4. Add the shrimp.

  5. Toss to coat.

  6. Let sit for 15 to 20 min while garlic, ginger and you prep the peas.

  7. Stir-fry the ginger and garlic

  8. Heat a wok or large cook pan over high heat for 1 minute.

  9. Add the peanut oil.

  10. Let it get hot, about 30 seconds.

  11. Add the ginger and garlic.

  12. Toss to mix.

  13. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds.

  14. Add your shrimp, snow peas, soy sauce, stock.

  15. Add your shrimp plus all the marinade to the pan.

  16. Add the chicken stock, soy sauce and snow peas.

  17. Mix-fry till the shrimp turns pink, about 2 minutes.

  18. Add your scallions and finish with sesame oil.

  19. Add the scallions.

  20. Stir-fry 1 more minute.

  21. Turn off the heat.

  22. Add the sesame oil.

  23. Toss to mix when more.

  24. Serve with steamed rice.

On the side: Steamed rice

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (25 min)
  1. Rinse the rice. Simmer it covered in water (2 cups per cup of rice) for about 18 minutes, then let it sit 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.