Drunken Shrimp

Description

Spicy large shrimps cooked in beer which my mom makes during weekends.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger root
  • 2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
  • ¾ cup beer
  • ¼ cup ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
  • 3 green onions, chopped

Instructions

  1. Heat canola oil in a large skillet over high heat
  2. and cook and stir onion
  3. garlic
  4. and ginger just until fragrant
  5. about 15 seconds. Add the shrimp
  6. salt
  7. and black pepper
  8. and cook and stir until the shrimp is slightly pink
  9. about 5 minutes. Stir in the beer
  10. ketchup
  11. and sugar
  12. and bring the sauce to a boil.
  13. Dissolve the cornstarch in the water
  14. and stir into the boiling sauce. Cook until the sauce returns to a boil and thickens
  15. the shrimp are bright pink on the outside
  16. and the meat is no longer transparent in the center
  17. about 5 minutes. Stir in the sesame oil; remove from heat. Sprinkle with the green onions.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 6

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