Thursday, November 1, 2012

Thai Spicy Basil Shrimp

Ingredients:
• 1 lb. fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 20 jumbo shrimp)
• 7-8 garlic cloves
• Red chili sauce
• 1 cup yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup carrot, cut in matchstick pieces
• 1/2 cup green/red/yellow bell pepper, julienned (optional)
• 2 cups basil leaves, loosely packed (roughly chopped or left whole)
• 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tsp light soy sauce
• 2 tsp sugar (approximate)
• Little Kikkoman stir-fry sauce
• Little fish sauce
• grounded white (or black) pepper


Directions:
1. Heat oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat.  Add garlic and some chili sauce - stir until lightly browned and fragrant.
2. Add prepared shrimps and stir well to evenly mix everything together. Once the shrimps start to turn pink - but still translucent in the middle !! (pictured above), add onions, carrots, and bell peppers. Stir to get vegetables cooked real quick, you want them to be a bit crisp, not all soft.
3. Then, add oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, fish sauce, stir-fry sauce and grounded white/black pepper.
4. Stir quickly to mix the seasonings into ingredients.  Stir to get everything coated with sauce.
5. Turn off the heat, add the basil leaves and give it a good stir. Transfer to serving dish. Great over rice!