How To Make Ginger, Garlic & Chili Shrimp
A seafood dish that eaters of all ages will appreciate, this chili shrimp recipe is a 30-minute recipe flavored simply with garlic, ginger, and sugar.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Brine:
- ¼cupkosher salt
- 2½tbspsugar
- 2½tbspchili powder
- 4cupswater
- 2lbsshrimp,peeled and deveined, thawed if frozen
For Cooking:
- ¼cupVegetable Oil
- ¼pcfresh ginger,(about 1 cup), (4-inch by 1-inch), peeled and finely chopped
- 4largegarlic cloves,(about 2 tbsp) peeled and finely chopped
- 4tspsugar
Instructions
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In a medium bowl, combine the salt, sugar, chili powder and water. Whisk until the sugar and salt are dissolved.
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Drop in the shrimp and let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes.
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Heat the oil in a 12-inch sauté pan (preferably nonstick) over medium heat. Add the ginger and garlic and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, for 1 minute.
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Add the sugar and continue stirring until the garlic is pale gold. Do not let the garlic turn dark brown.
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Drain the shrimp in a colander, and immediately add to the pan. Increase the heat to medium-high and cook, stirring constantly, until the shrimp are pink and barely firm. Serve immediately with rice.
Nutrition
- Calories: 353.57kcal
- Fat: 17.04g
- Saturated Fat: 1.63g
- Trans Fat: 0.15g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.65g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.48g
- Carbohydrates: 18.38g
- Fiber: 1.86g
- Sugar: 12.41g
- Protein: 31.88g
- Cholesterol: 285.76mg
- Sodium: 1437.59mg
- Calcium: 155.40mg
- Potassium: 377.96mg
- Iron: 1.44mg
- Vitamin A: 196.62µg
- Vitamin C: 1.64mg
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