Simple Shrimp Stir Fry
Description
A quick and healthy shrimp recipe, a great addition to your weekly meal plan rotations. It is quick and simple but very flavorful.
Ingredients
- 2 • shrimp (peeled and deveined)
- 4 • carrots (peeled and slice in desired sizes)
- 1 • size onion sliced
- 1 teaspoon • minced garlic
- • ½ of green, red, and yellow bell peppers (thinly sliced)
- • Small piece of fresh ginger (thinly sliced)
- 1 cup • of frozen chopped broccoli (fresh is fine, I just use what I have)
- 1 • tsp salt
- 1 • tsp black pepper
- 2 • tsp old bay seasoning, (divided)
- 2 • tsp seasoning (divided)
- 1 teaspoon • paprika
- 2 teaspoons • garlic powder (divided 1n1)
- 2 tablespoons •
- • ½ stick butter
- • ½ cup water
- • ½ cup soy sauce (low sodium)
- • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 2 • tbsp, brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon • red pepper flakes (depending your needs)
- 2 tablespoons • olive oil
- • ½ stick of butter
- • Juice from ½ lemon
- 2 teaspoons • 2 cornstarch and 2 tbsp water for slurry
Instructions
- Wash shrimp in salt water, and pat dry shrimp. In a small bowl combine all the dry seasonings and using a fork mix well to combine. Season shrimp leaving 1 tsp for later Heat oil in saucepan and brown shrimp about a minute on each side, do this in batches. In the meantime, in a bowl combine the water, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and remaining dry seasonings, mix well. When done, with shrimp add butter to same pan, add minced garlic and onions and sauté about 3 minutes, add ginger and carrots, stir to combine, cover, and cook for 5 minutes not adding any liquid, stirring in between. Add the liquid mixture, stir, and combine cover and bring to a low boil and cook for another 3 minutes or so. Add the slurry then add the bell peppers and the shrimp, stir in and combine well. Cover and cook for another 8 minutes, then add broccoli stir in and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
Notes: Adding your bell pepper at the time you do, allows them to some crunch to them. Also the broccoli.
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