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Sesame shrimp stir fry, once marinated you need only 15 minutes to cook.
You’ll love this Asian shrimp recipe’s sticky, mildly sweet ginger garlic soy marinade.
With a minimum amount of pantry ingredients and cooked over a stovetop, this sesame shrimp recipe will be your favourite for a quick dinner side dish.
Ingredients and flavours in sesame shrimp.
To make this sesame shrimp stir fry, you are going to be using only 6 ingredients.
Apart from the sugar, oil, and salt which are staples in your kitchen.
Minced ginger, garlic, soy sauce, sesame seeds, rice vinegar, and shrimp are the main ingredients used to make this stir-fried shrimp.
Sesame shrimp also teaches you how to use all of the ingredients without waste as the marinade and liquid of the cooked shrimp go into making the Asian ginger garlic sauce.
The Asian sauce is a combination of sweet, salty, and warm earthy flavours all combined to give you a shrimp dish you’ll cook frequently.
Need I say more?
Storing tips for sesame shrimp stir fry.
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Recipe overview of sesame shrimp stir fry
To make the Asian shrimp recipe you will need 5 ingredients to make the garlic shrimp stir fry and 3 extra ingredients to assemble the recipe.
For the shrimp marinade, you will need,
To make the sesame shrimp stir fry, toast the sesame seeds and set them aside.
To make the shrimp marinade, mix all the ingredients that are needed to make the seafood sauce.
Set aside.
Add the cleaned shrimp and pour in the marinade. Let the marinated shrimp for at least 45 minutes.
Once the shrimp has marinated for 45 minutes. Cook the shrimp for a few minutes.
Transfer these cooked prawns to a bowl and add the marinated sauce to the pan.
Cook the marinade, while tasting it to balance the flavours.
Cook until the marinade turns thick.
Toss the shrimp with the thick shrimp sauce marinade.
Let the sauce coat the shrimp.
Remove the pan from the stove. garnish with chopped scallions and toasted sesame seeds.
Sesame garlic shrimp stir fry, once marinated only need 15 minutes to cook. You’ll love this Asian shrimp recipe with its sticky, mildly sweet ginger garlic soy marinade.
With a minimum amount of pantry ingredients and cooked over a stovetop, this sesame shrimp recipe is going to be your favorite for a quick dinner side dish.
Place a small pan over low fire, add the sesame seeds(1 tbsp), gently toast between 1-2 minutes until they slightly darken in color.
Frequently move the pan to avoid burning them. Set aside.
In a small bowl, add ginger(1 tbsp), garlic(1 tbsp), sugar(1 tbsp), rice vinegar(2 tbsp), dark soy sauce(1/4 cup).
Combine well until the sugar melts. Set aside.
Place the prawns in a medium-sized bowl and pour in the ginger-garlic marinade.
Mix well into the shrimp(prawns) and let it marinate for 30-45 minutes. If you live in a humid country, cover with a lid or cling film and refrigerate.
Once you’ve marinated the shrimp, remove it from the refrigerator. Drain the marinade into a smaller bowl and set it aside to use later.
Place a pan over a low medium fire and pour in the oil(1 tbsp).
When the oil is warm, swirl the pan for the oil to spread, and add the shrimp.
Spread the shrimp around the pan and cook each side for 1 minute. This will help you keep the shrimp from turning rubbery.
You need to be careful here as the oil tends to splatter.
Once the shrimp is done, switch off the stove and move the shrimp to a bowl.
Do not throw away any remaining liquid in the pan.
To the same pan, add the leftover marinade. Cook until the sauce is reduced. As you cook the garlic soy sauce, you can taste and make necessary adjustments to it by adding a little more soy sauce, or sweetness.
Slow simmer until all the liquid evaporates and you are left with a thick sauce.
Add the shrimp and toss them until they are coated well.
You can slow simmer for another 1-2 minutes(not more than the recommended time) to let the marinade turn thicker and coat the shrimp.
Remove the pan from the stove. Garnish with chopped scallions and toasted sesame seeds.
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