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Spicy Honey Shrimp

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Spicy Honey Shrimp

Spice…honey & shrimp. Three of my favorite things all in one recipe. Gung Hay Fat Choy!

INGREDIENTS

  • Canola oil
  • 1/2 cup yellow onion, diced
  • 1/2 red pepper, diced
  • 4 green onions, cut into 1 inch lengths
  • 1 tablespoon minced ginger
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 3 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon Asian chili sauce
  • 1 pound shrimp, peeled & deveined

DIRECTIONS

  1. Cook onions, red pepper and green onions in a tablespoon of oil in a hot wok or pan until starting to soften - about 3 minutes
  2. While it cooks, combine honey, soy and chili sauce in a small bowl - mix well and set aside
  3. Add ginger and garlic to vegetables and stir through for about a minute - remove vegetables to a plate
  4. Put pan back on the heat, allow to get very hot, add a little more oil and then add shrimp - cook about 2 minutes or just until they’re almost done
  5. Add vegetables and sauce - stir through to heat everything and let sauce thicken a bit
  6. Serve on rice, noodles or just eat right of the pan.

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Pork Chow Mein

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Pork Chow Mein

Get ready for the Chinese New Year with these great noodles - and the quick little black bean sauce makes this ridiculous.

Serves 2-4

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 tablespoons black bean garlic sauce
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • ½ pound boneless pork (tenderloin or country style ribs work great), thinly sliced 
  • ½ tablespoon of neutral oil*
  • *(unflavored oils such as canola, vegetable or peanut)
  • ¼ pound sugar snap peas sliced diagonally
  • ½ pound shitake mushrooms
  • 4 oz chow mein noodles, cooked
  • green onions, chopped to garnish

 DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine black bean and soy sauce, set aside
  2. Heat sautéed pan on medium-high, add oil and pork and cook cooked until pork is just done, about 4 minutes ­ - remove pork mixture to a bowl
  3. In same pan, heat to high and add a little more oil
  4. Add peas and stir fry until crisp tender, about 3 minutes then add to pork mixture
  5. Return pan to heat again, add more oil and the shitakes, cook until softened, about 5 minutes
  6. Turn heat up to high, add the pork mixture and then the add soy/black bean - stir until heated through
  7. Add chow mein noodles, combine well, plate and garnish with green onions
  8. Serve

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BEST CHINESE STIR FRY SAUCE

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BEST CHINESE STIR FRY SAUCE

This is the 'little black dress' of stir fry sauces – good for chicken, beef, pork, veggies and seafood.

Makes about 1 cup

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped fine

  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil

  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce

  • 1/4 cup chicken broth, vegetable broth or even water

  • 1 tablespoon sriracha

  • 2 tablespoons sugar

  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

  1. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl or Tupperware and mix well

  2. Stir fry about 2 cups any combination of diced vegetables and/or seafood, chicken or beef until protein is just cooked through

  3. When just done, add 1/2 to 2/3 of sauce, mix and let thicken slightly – about a minute and serve

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STIR FRIED STEAK & SNOW PEAS

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STIR FRIED STEAK & SNOW PEAS

Not sure much is easier (and healthier) than this. 

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

  • 3/4 lb New York steak – put in freezer 10 minutes, remove fat strip, finely slice across the grain
  • 1 big handful snowpeas (remove the tough end)
  • 2  1/2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 2 teaspoons corn starch
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon seasame oil
  • 1'' cube fresh ginger, peeled, finely diced
  • 1 garlic clove, finely diced
  • 1/2 orange, zest and juice
  • 2 teaspoons seasame seeds

 

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a bowl, mix the broth, corn starch, soy
  2. Preheat wok on high, add 1 tablespoon oil and snowpeas, keep them moving, cook 1 minute, remove
  3. In same hot wok, add 1 tablespoon oil and beef, break up clumps, keep it moving, cook 1 minute
  4. Add snowpeas back in wok with beef
  5. Add 1/2 tablespoon oil add garlic and ginger, cook 30 seconds, mix well
  6. Add broth mixture, add orange zest and juice, stir on high heat, cook 1 minute – until sauce thinkens
  7. Sprinkle over seasame seeds and eat!
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WATCH ME MAKE THIS... 

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Shrimp Foo Yung

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Shrimp Foo Yung

Makes 4

Who doesn't like a good Egg Foo Yung? And this one with shrimp is...stupid good.

Ingredients

  • 1 jar chicken gravy
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 6 eggs, beaten
  • 1/3 cup green onions, finely chopped (plus a little extra to add as a garnish at the end)
  • 3/4 cup fresh bean sprouts
  • 1 cup cooked baby shrimp
  • Vegetable oil

Directions

  1. Pour the gravy into a pot, stir in the soy sauce and heat over low heat until bubbly and hot
  2. Preheat a skillet or griddle over medium heat
  3. Beat the eggs really well in a bowl
  4. Add the green onions, bean sprouts and baby shrimp to the beaten eggs and stir well
  5. Add a bit of oil onto the pan and pour the egg mixture onto the hot pan making 4 pancake sized rounds
  6. Cook for 2 - 3 minutes and flip to cook the other side
  7. Once both sides are cooked put a pancake onto a plate and spoon some gravy over it
  8. Garnish with a little chopped green onion and enjoy

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