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Easy Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe

Shrimp Stir Fry
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This shrimp stir fry is a go-to, fast, and healthy dinner! Use any veggies you like with this flavor-packed stir-fry sauce.

Ingredients

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For the shrimp stir fry

  • 3 tablespoons sesame oil
  • 1 pound shrimp, deveined and shelled (or tail on), wild caught if possible
  • 1 pound broccoli or broccolini (stem on), about 4 cups
  • 2 bell peppers, any color
  • 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms (optional)
  • 2 green onions
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger, optional

For the stir fry sauce

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce (or tamari or coconut aminos)
  • 6 tablespoons water
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon yellow or white miso
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch (or arrowroot powder)
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Instructions

  1. Thaw the shrimp, if frozen.
  2. Chop the veggies: Chop the broccoli. Thinly slice the bell peppers. Remove the stems of the shiitake mushrooms and slice (or if using baby shiitakes, you can leave the stems on). 
  3. Make the stir-fry sauce: Whisk together all ingredients until a smooth sauce forms.
  4. Cook the vegetables: In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Add the broccoli or broccolini, bell pepper, and mushrooms. Add 2 pinches kosher salt and cook 5 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp tender. Remove the vegetables to bowl.
  5. Cook the shrimp: Add the additional 1 tablespoon sesame oil to the pan. Add the shrimp, green onions, and ginger (optional). Cook for 1 to 2 minutes until the shrimp are almost opaque, turning once. Then add back the vegetables and the sauce. Reduce the heat to low and cook until the sauce is thickened.

Notes

  • Different vegetables (8 cups total): Veggies that cook in 6 to 7 minutes include broccoli, bell pepper, onion, mushrooms, thinly sliced carrots. Vegetables that cook in 3 to 5 minutes are thinly sliced cabbage, zucchini, summer squash, edamame (frozen and shelled), snap peas or snow peas, or chopped bok choy.

  • Spicy version: Add 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes to the sauce, or drizzle with sriracha hot sauce.

  • Add noodles: Toss with soba noodles or rice noodles. Cook the noodles according to package directions, then add them to the pan with the sauce.

  • Protein swap: This sauce works well with 1 pound chicken breast, beef (like flank steak), or extra-firm tofu.

Find it online: https://www.acouplecooks.com/shrimp-stir-fry/