Stir-fried Shrimp with Snow Peas (Mangetout)
Total time: 20 minutes
The bright green pea pods make this a showy dish, delicious served on fluffy, fragrant Basmati Rice. I don't normally use all of the water chestnuts in the can - mon mari snacks on them. Use as many as you like.
Ingredients:
- 12oz cleaned shrimp, 350gr, 12.3oz cleaned
- 5oz snow peas (mangetout), 150gr, 5.3oz
- 3/4 cup water chestnuts, 100gr, 3.5oz
- 4 - 5 green onions, 48gr, 1.7oz
- 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
- 1 tbs minced fresh ginger substitute 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tbs fresh, snipped chives
- 2 tsp sesame or walnut oil, 9gr, .32oz
- 2 tsp olive oil, 9gr, .32oz
- 1/2 cup chicken stock, 112gr, 4oz
- 2 tbs dry sherry, 30gr, 1oz
- 1 tbs cornstarch (Maizena, corn flour), 8gr, .28oz dissolved in
- 1 tbs soy sauce plus 1 tbs water, 16gr, .56oz
- Basmati Rice
- 1/2 cup Basmati rice, 90gr, 3.2oz
- 1 tsp butter, 5gr, .17oz
- 1/2 tsp sesame or walnut oil, 2gr, .07oz
- 1 cup chicken stock, 225gr, 8oz
Instructions:
- To Prep:
- Peel and clean shrimp if needed.
- Trim the green onions, slicing off the root and removing 1 layer. Thinly slice, using some of the darker green.
- Mince garlic and ginger (peel it first).
- Snip chives.
- Trim snow peas, cutting the ends off.
- Open and drain water chestnuts; slice the large ones.
- Dissolve cornstarch in soy sauce and water.
- To Cook:
- Heat oils in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions to skillet and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
- Add garlic, ginger, shrimp, stir-fry 1 minute, until shrimp start to curl and turn opaque.
- Add snow peas, water chestnuts, and stir-fry 1 - 2 minutes.
- Add chicken stock and sherry, bring to a boil.
- Add cornstarch mixture, stir until cleared and thickened.
- Stir in chives.
- Add more soy sauce if desired, according to taste.
- To Serve:
- Arrange Basmati on a large platter. Spoon Shrimp and Snow Peas on top and serve.
- Basmati Rice
- Heat butter and oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add rice and sauté, stirring for 1 - 2 minutes.
- Add stock or water. Cover and cook rice for length of time on package.
- When done fluff with fork and serve.
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Nutrition Information |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/
