Celebrate Chinese New Year this year with Blood Orange Shrimp Stir Fry. It's a perfect balance of spicy and sweet and a great "take out" meal to enjoy at home.
Ingredients
12 ounces medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
kosher salt
1/2 Tablespoon cornstarch
3 Blood oranges, divided
2 Tablespoons rice vinegar
2 Tablespoons ketchup
2 Tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
3 ounces snow peas
1/2 red pepper, sliced into strips
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
12 dried chile pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
3 scallions, cut into 1-2 inch pieces
Cooked rice for serving
Instructions
Place shrimp into a bowl and season with salt.
Add the cornstarch and toss to coat.
Juice 2 blood oranges (about 1/3 cup) into a bowl and add rice vinegar, ketchup, honey and sesame oil. Whisk to combine.
Quarter remaining blood orange and set aside
Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil and add snow peas. Cook for 1 minute or until tender, remove from pan and quickly submerge into ice bath.
Heat a large non stick skillet to high heat and add 1 tablespoon oil. Add shrimp and cook until lightly golden brown and opaque, about 2 minutes. Remove from pan and return pan to burner over medium heat.
Add remaining oil to pan and add chilies into skillet. Cook for 1 minute and then add in garlic and ginger. Cook for an additional minute and then add your blood orange sauce.
Cook until thickened, about 3 minutes, and then add in your snow peas, red pepper, quartered blood orange and shrimp.