SERIOUSLY SIMPLE: Stir-Fried Garlic Shrimp with Snow Peas: A Quick and Flavorful Meal
Sauce:
1/4 cup dry sherry or rice wine
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1/4 cup water
Dash of chili oil
3 tablespoons peanut oil
1/2 pound snow peas, cleaned
2 tablespoons minced ginger
1. Combine the marinade ingredients in a medium bowl and mix to combine. Add the shrimp and coat the shrimp evenly with the marinade. Refrigerate for 10 minutes.
2. Make the sauce: Combine all ingredients and mix to combine. Reserve.
3. Heat the oil in a wok or a deep round sided pan on high heat. Add the shrimp, snow peas and 1 tablespoon of minced ginger, and toss rapidly every 15-20 seconds, pushing the shrimp up the sides of the pan for maximum contact for about 1-2 minutes or until the shrimp are pink.
4. Add the sauce ingredients, remaining tablespoon of ginger and a dash of chili oil, and cook another minute or until the sauce is slightly thickened. Serve over steamed white rice immediately.
Advance preparation: Have all the ingredients measured out and make sure the rice is steaming.
(Diane Rossen Worthington is an authority on new American cooking. She is the author of 18 cookbooks, including "Seriously Simple Holidays," and also a James Beard award-winning radio show host. You can contact her at www.seriouslysimple.com.)
