Pepper Shrimp In Peanut Sauce
From coffeebean53 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 4
This is an easy "Thai style" dish that I found to make. It's not as hot as the traditional Thai food but has just enough heat so you know it's there. One of our family favorites. Photo courtesy of photobucket.com
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh or frozen shrimp in shells, I use "easy-peel" shopping list
- 1 cup long grain rice shopping list
- 1/2 cup water shopping list
- 1/4 cup orange marmalade shopping list
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter shopping list
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce shopping list
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper shopping list
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil shopping list
- 2 medium red, yellow, and/or green sweet peppers, cut into strips (about 2-1/2 cups) shopping list
- 6 green onions, bias-sliced into 1-inch pieces shopping list
- Chopped peanuts (optional) shopping list
How to make it
- 1. Thaw shrimp, if frozen. Peel and devein shrimp; rinse and pat dry. Set aside.
- 2. Cook rice according to package directions.
- 3. Meanwhile, for sauce, in a small bowl stir together water, orange marmalade, peanut butter, soy sauce, cornstarch, and crushed red pepper. Set aside.
- 4. Pour cooking oil into a wok or large skillet. (Add more oil as necessary during cooking.) Preheat on medium-high heat. Add pepper strips and green onions; stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove and set aside.
- 5. Add half of the shrimp to wok; stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes or until shrimp turn opaque; remove and set aside. Repeat with the remaining shrimp.
- 6. Stir sauce; add to center of wok. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat; keep sauce warm.
- 7. In a 4-quart Dutch oven or kettle combine cooked rice, vegetable mixture, and shrimp; cook over medium heat until heated through, tossing gently to mix. Serve shrimp mixture on dinner plates. Top with sauce. If desired, sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Makes 4 servings.
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I love the ingredients in there. I know it smells good when cooking.
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