Shrimp with Snow Peas

Ingredients

Marinade:

2 teaspoons cornstarch (or potato starch)

1 tablespoon Shaoxing Chinese cooking wine or dry sherry

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Stir Fry:

1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined

2 tablespoons peanut oil (or other vegetable oil)

1 tablespoon minced ginger

3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

1/2 pound snow peas, strings removed

2 teaspoons soy sauce (use gluten-free soy sauce if

cooking gluten-free)

1/4 cup chicken stock

4 scallions, white and light green parts, sliced

diagonally

2 teaspoons dark roasted sesame oil

Instructions

Mix all marinade ingredients in a large bowl, then add the shrimp. Toss to coat. Let sit for 15 to 20 minutes while you prep the peas, ginger, and garlic.

Heat a wok or large sauté pan over high heat for 1 minute. Add the peanut oil and let it get hot, about 30 seconds. Add the ginger and garlic and toss to combine. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds.

Add the shrimp and all the marinade to the pan (scrape out all the marinade with a rubber spatula). Add the snow peas, soy sauce and chicken stock. Stir-fry until the shrimp turns pink, about 2 minutes.

Add the scallions and stir-fry 1 more minute. Turn off the heat and add the sesame oil. Toss to combine once more and serve with steamed rice.

Description

This dish came together quickly and was very nice served over rice.

Servings

4

Notes

With shrimp in the freezer, this is fast and easy. The best part was that we had pea pods in the garden. There is nothing like picking an ingredient just before cooking it. They were so good.

Source

Elise Bauer in Simply Recipes