Chinese Take-Out Shrimp with Garlic

Description

There is a great garlic flavor to this with an underlying heat that is fabulous served over rice!

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 10 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger root
  • 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
  • 1 cup snow peas
  • 1 cup small white button mushrooms
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 pound peeled and deveined jumbo shrimp
  • ½ cup chicken broth
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons dry sherry
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon water

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in wok or large skillet until very hot. Cook and stir garlic and ginger in the hot oil until fragrant
  2. about 30 seconds. Add the water chestnuts
  3. snow peas
  4. mushrooms
  5. red pepper flakes
  6. salt
  7. pepper
  8. and shrimp to the pan. Cook
  9. stirring
  10. until shrimp turns pink
  11. 2 to 3 minutes.
  12. Combine the chicken broth
  13. rice vinegar
  14. fish sauce
  15. and dry sherry in a small bowl. Pour into the shrimp mixture; cook and stir briefly to combine. Combine the cornstarch and water and stir into the wok. Stir until sauce has thickened
  16. about 2 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Servings: 4

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