Sweet & Spicy Garlic Shrimp

Cooking for two is getting easier these days, I've become better at fast homemade cuisine for the hubby and I.  The house is just about empty of kids all the time now, so no more big meal cooking for me.  I am happy and sad about that, but I knew this time would come.

Shrimp was on the menu for dinner and I didn't want to make the old standbys - shrimp with pasta, fried shrimp, grilled shrimp, so I stepped out of the box and made Sweet and Spicy Garlic Shrimp.  It was so good and the aroma in the house was wonderful! 

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Sweet and Spicy Garlic Shrimp for Two

Ingredients

1/3 cup honey

1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce, could also use teriyaki sauce

2 large cloves of fresh garlic, minced

1 1/2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated

1/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes, more if you like heat

1 lb uncooked jumbo shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

2 servings of uncooked white rice, I used sticky rice

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/3 cup water

Chives or green onion for garnish

Directions

To make the marinade/sauce, whisk together honey, soy sauce, garlic, ginger and red pepper flakes.  After cleaning the shrimp, place them in a resealable plastic food bag.  Pour 1/2 of the marinade/sauce mixture over the shrimp.  Seal the bag and massage it lightly, flatten the bag, put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. After 10 minutes of marinating, flip the bag over so both sides marinate evenly. Reserve other half of marinade/sauce in the fridge. While the shrimp is marinating cook the rice. When rice is done cover with a lid to keep it warm.

Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over high heat.  Place the shrimp in the skillet and discard any used marinade. Cook shrimp until they are pink on both sides, about 1 - 1 1/2 minutes, stirring as they are cooking. Reduce heat to medium, pour remaining marinade over the shrimp and cook until all is heated through.  To thicken the sauce, thoroughly mix the cornstarch and water to make a slurry.  Stir the mixture quickly into the shrimp to thicken.

To serve - In a bowl, mound rice on the bottom, shrimp and sauce on top, and sprinkle the top with either snipped chives or green onion tops.  Makes 2 servings