
How To Make Stir Fry Shrimp and Chicken
This delicious stir fry shrimp is made with tender chicken breasts and juicy shrimp, mixed with a savory, rightly sour, and slightly spicy sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4chicken breast halves,skinless, boneless, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 20large shrimp,peeled, deveined
- 4tspsoy sauce
- 4tsprice wine,plus an additional 2 tbsp
- 2tspsesame oil,plus more to taste, optional
- 1tbspcornstarch
- ½cupvegetable oil,divided
- 4garlic cloves,minced
- 16red chile peppers,dried, cut in half
- 2tspSzechuan peppercorns
- 1red bell pepper,sliced
- 1green bell pepper,sliced
- ¼cupdark soy sauce
- 2tspwhite sugar
- 1cuppeanuts,salted
- 4green onions,cut into 3-inch lengths
Instructions
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Combine the chicken and shrimp in a mixing bowl along with 4 teaspoons of soy sauce, 4 teaspoons of rice wine, and 2 teaspoons of sesame oil.
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Sprinkle with the cornstarch, and mix until evenly combined.
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Set aside to marinate for 25 minutes.
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Heat half of the vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. Stir in the chicken and shrimp, and cook for about 5 minutes until the chicken has turned white on the outside and is still a bit pink in the center.
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Remove the chicken and wipe the wok clean.
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Heat the remaining vegetable oil over high heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook for a few seconds until the garlic begins to turn brown.
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Stir in the dried chilis and Szechuan peppercorns. Cook and stir for a few seconds until the peppers begin to darken.
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Add the red and green bell peppers, dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of rice wine, and 2 tablespoons of sugar.
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Bring to a boil, stir in the chicken, and cook for about 5 minutes more until the peppers are nearly tender, and the chicken is no longer pink in the center.
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Stir in the peanuts and green onion until the green onion becomes limp.
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Stir in a few drops of sesame oil to serve. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Substitute cashews for the peanuts, if preferred.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 782.30kcal
- Fat:Â 57.77g
- Saturated Fat:Â 6.98g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 33.43g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 13.77g
- Carbohydrates:Â 33.44g
- Fiber:Â 7.93g
- Sugar:Â 15.78g
- Protein:Â 38.60g
- Cholesterol:Â 99.78mg
- Sodium:Â 1447.82mg
- Calcium:Â 122.21mg
- Potassium:Â 1347.92mg
- Iron:Â 5.21mg
- Vitamin A: 186.01µg
- Vitamin C:Â 323.78mg
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