Description
Homemade and delicious Korean-influenced marinated and glazed sweet and spicy shrimp. Serve with salad, or over rice, pasta, or potatoes. Garnish with more sesame seeds.
Ingredients
- ½ cup light soy sauce
- 3 scallions, minced, divided
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon finely minced ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoons mirin
- 1 ½ teaspoons white sugar, or more to taste
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
- ½ tablespoon gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste)
Instructions
- Combine soy sauce
- 2 minced scallions
- garlic
- sesame seeds
- cornstarch
- ginger
- mirin
- sugar
- red pepper flakes
- and sesame oil in a bowl to make marinade.
- Place shrimp in a large resealable plastic bag; pour in marinade. Seal the bag and shake to coat shrimp. Place in refrigerator and marinate for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat; add shrimp. Cook
- turning and basting a few times with leftover marinade
- 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a bowl
- reserving oil in the skillet.
- Pour 3 tablespoons of the marinade and gochujang to the skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir until thickened
- about 2 minutes. Brush glaze over cooked shrimp or use as a dip. Sprinkle the remaining minced scallion on top.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 7 mins
Total Time: 52 mins
Servings: 2