Thai Shrimp
Thai Shrimp is an Asian recipe that serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 27g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 368 calories. For $3.42 per serving, this recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is brought to you by spoonacular user bettyp. It works well as a main course. If you have basil leaves, fish sauce, cooked rice, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Similar recipes include Let's Get Together Thai Shrimp, Thai Shrimp, and Let's Get Together Thai Shrimp.
Servings: 4
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Ingredients:
1 bunch basil leaves, 2 c. leaves
8 cups chicken stock
Hot cooked rice
2 tablespoons fish sauce
4 green onions
1 teaspoon organic peanut oil
3 hot red or green chilies
8 ounces shrimp, cooked, peeled, and deveined, 51 – 60 per pound
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sugar
Equipment:
wok
Cooking instruction summary:
<ol><li>Peel and devein shrimp. Wash, dry and steam basil, mince garlic, thinly slice seeded chilies, mince white part of onion and cut green part into 1 inch pieces. Recipe can be prepared ahead to this stage.</li><li>Heat wok over high heat. Swirl oil into wok and heat almost to smoking. Add garlic, chilies, onions (white part), and cook 10-15 seconds; add shrimp and stir fry 20 seconds or until they change color. Add fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, chicken, stock and green part of onions and bring mixture to a boil. Stir in basil and cook 20 seconds or until leaves wilt and shrimp are firm and pink. Dish is supposed to be soupy. Serve over hot cooked rice.</li></ol>
Step by step:
1. Peel and devein shrimp. Wash, dry and steam basil, mince garlic, thinly slice seeded chilies, mince white part of onion and cut green part into 1 inch pieces. Recipe can be prepared ahead to this stage.
2. Heat wok over high heat. Swirl oil into wok and heat almost to smoking.
3. Add garlic, chilies, onions (white part), and cook 10-15 seconds; add shrimp and stir fry 20 seconds or until they change color.
4. Add fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, chicken, stock and green part of onions and bring mixture to a boil. Stir in basil and cook 20 seconds or until leaves wilt and shrimp are firm and pink. Dish is supposed to be soupy.
5. Serve over hot cooked rice.
