Drunken Shrimp

Drunken Shrimp

from allrecipes.com
Dinner
35 min
236 kcal / serving

Succulent shrimp are stir-fried with onion, garlic, and ginger in a spicy beer-based sauce. Good as an appetizer or for dinner.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoonscanola oil
  • 1onion, chopped
  • 6 clovesgarlic, chopped
  • 2 tablespoonsminced fresh ginger root
  • 2 poundslarge shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 1 pinchsalt
  • ½ teaspoonground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoonred pepper flakes, or to taste
  • ¾ cupbeer
  • ¼ cupketchup
  • 1 tablespoonwhite sugar
  • 1 tablespooncornstarch
  • 1 tablespoonwater
  • 1 tablespoontoasted sesame oil
  • 3green onions, chopped

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat canola oil in a large skillet over high heat, and cook and stir onion, garlic, and ginger just until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Add the shrimp, salt, and black pepper, and cook and stir until the shrimp is slightly pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in the beer, ketchup, and sugar, and bring the sauce to a boil.

  2. 2

    Dissolve the cornstarch in the water, and stir into the boiling sauce. Cook until the sauce returns to a boil and thickens, the shrimp are bright pink on the outside, and the meat is no longer transparent in the center, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sesame oil; remove from heat. Sprinkle with the green onions.