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Butterfly Shrimp Amp Vegetable Stirfry Recipe


Butterfly Shrimp Amp Vegetable Stirfry Recipe
This recipe is from Cooking Light Annual Recipes 2005. It tastes wonderful and looks very colourful. My sister made it for us when we were up visiting in Prince George.

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Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cups fat free, low sodium chicken broth
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch, divided
  • 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce, divided
  • 3 tbsp sake (rice wine) divided
  • 4 tsp honey liquid, divided
  • 1-2 tsp chili paste with garlic
  • 1 tsp dark sesame oil
  • 1 lb shrimp - tiger prawns or any large shrimp
  • 2 1/2 tbsp peanut oil or canola oil, divided
  • 1 cup (1 inch) slices green onion
  • 2 tbsp minced peeled ginger, fresh
  • 1 cup (1/4 inch thick) red pepper strips
  • 3/4 cup (1/4 inch thick) diagonally cut carrots
  • 1 1/2 cup snow peas (about 4 oz)
  • 4 cups cooked hot wide noodles (Wide lo mein or udon) about 8 oz uncooked or rice

Directions
  1. Combine broth, 1 1/2 tbsp cornstartch, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp sake, 2 tsp honey, chili paste and sesame oil, stirring with whisk. Set aside.
  2. Peel shrimp, leaving tails intact (I didn't). Starting at tail end, butterfly each shrimp, cutting to but not through the underside and discard vein.
  3. Combine 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch, 1 tbsp cornstarch, 1 tbsp sake and 1 tbsp soy sauce in a large bowl stirring with a whisk. Add shrimp, toss gently to coat and set aside.
  4. Heat 1 1/2 tbsp oil in large nonstick wok or skillet over med high heat.
  5. Add shrimp over med high saute 4 min.
  6. Remove shrimp from pan. Wipe pan clean with paper towels.
  7. Add 1 tbsp oil to pan. Stir in onions, ginger, and garlic. Saute 30 sec.
  8. Add bell peppers and carrots saute 2 minutes.
  9. Add snow peas and simer 1 minute.
  10. Stir in shrimp and broth mix, bring to boil and cook 1 min or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.
  11. Add noodles and cook 1 min or until slightly thickened and thorougly heated.
  12. Calories - 344 per serving, Fat 7 g, Protein 20 grams, fibre 2.8 grams, sodium 507 mg.

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Sounds very good thank you for sharing... 5 forks


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