Szechuan Shrimp Recipe

So, I haven’t posted anything in a week or so… I have a good excuse though! I have found myself a job (IN MY FIELD). I have moved on from unemployment and am now in that *crappy first real job* phase of my life. Fortunately for me, the pay is the only part of the job that is crappy… everything else about the job is great.

Fear not! I will still be making food and it will still be relatively inexpensive. I enjoy teaching myself how to cook and documenting my successes (and failures)… and I’ve just started to get into completely unfamiliar territory… like this Szechuan Shrimp!

I used some “easy peel” raw shrimp, easy peel my ass… they took forever to get ready for cooking. After they were peeled, I sauteed some onions and garlic and then cooked the shrimp. They only took a few minutes to cook through.

While they were cooking I got the sauce prepared… a mixture of water, cornstarch, ketchup, soy sauce, honey, crushed red pepper, and ground ginger. Once the shrimp looked cooked I threw the sauce in and continued to cook until it was heated through.

I served it over rice, with broccoli and topped with crushed peanuts. This is quite tasty for a 15 minute meal (or 25 minutes if you get stuck peeling a pound of shrimp… boring!).

On a side note, I’m going to try and stick with a three posts per week schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday… at least until I get comfortable with my new work life. Maybe I can make Alicia do some of these posts since she is basically on vacation for the next month… students… lazy bums.

Szechuan Shrimp

I always wondered how the Chinese take out places had your food ready to go in 15 minutes… if they are all as easy as this Szechuan shrimp recipe I may convert to a full-time Chinese diet.

Rating: 41

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

1 pound raw Shrimp, de-veined and peeled

4 cloves Garlic, minced

1/2 Onion, sliced

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

4 tablespoons crushed Peanuts

Sauce

1/2 cup Water

1/4 cup Ketchup

2 tablespoons Soy Sauce

4 tsp Cornstarch

2 tsp Honey

1 tsp Crushed Red Pepper

1/2 tsp Ground Ginger

Instructions

Saute onion and garlic with oil in a large skillet over medium high heat (1 minute). Stir in shrimp and continue cooking (about 5 minutes).

Mix water, ketchup, soy sauce, cornstarch, honey, red pepper, and ginger in a bowl and then add to skillet. Toss to cover shrimp and continue cooking until sauce has been heated through and thickened.

Serve over rice or noodles topped with peanuts.

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