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Asian skillet shrimp and sugar snap peas

5
Points®
Total Time
22 min
Prep
12 min
Cook
10 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This delicious shrimp and snap pea recipe is even better (and a lot healthier!) than Chinese takeout. The best part is that it takes just about 20 minutes to make it, and everything cooks together in one large skillet, so cleanup is fast. It has lots of sweet-heat from a mixture of sugar snap peas, red onion, fresh ginger, and garlic. A simple sauce of broth, cornstarch, and soy sauce help tie everything together. Serving over long-grain brown rice makes this meal hearty enough for a substantial lunch or dinner. Thinly sliced broccoli or asparagus spears are also tasty in this dish.

Ingredients

Canola oil

2 tsp

Garlic

1 clove(s), minced (or more to taste)

Fresh ginger

2 tsp, fresh, grated

Red onion

1 small, thinly sliced

Sugar snap peas

2 cup(s), whole

Uncooked shrimp

1 pound(s), frozen, large, thawed, drained, peeled and deveined

Chicken broth

1 cup(s), divided

Cornstarch

2 tsp

Less sodium soy sauce

2 Tbsp

Crushed red pepper flakes

¼ tsp, or to taste

Unpacked brown sugar

½ tsp

Cooked long grain brown rice

2 cup(s)

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger and onion; cook, stirring frequently, 1 minute. Add sugar snap peas; cook until crisp-tender, stirring frequently, about 3 minutes. Add shrimp; cook until shrimp are almost cooked through and turn pink; about 3 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together 1/4 cup broth and cornstarch; stir well to blend. Add remaining 3/4 cup broth and soy sauce.
  3. Pour broth mixture into skillet, scraping up any browned bits with a spoon; stir in red pepper flakes and sugar. Reduce heat to low and simmer until sauce thickens and shrimp are completely cooked, about 2 minutes. Serve over rice.
  4. Serving size: 1 cup shrimp-vegetable mixture and 1/2 cup rice

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