shrimp stir fry with dad's thai peanut sauce
For as long as I can remember, my Dad has loved to cook. He has some really fantastic recipes that he's always eager to share. Dad's Thai Peanut Sauce is actually made with 8 dried red chilies that are seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. He pours boiling water over them and lets the pot stand for 10 minutes before adding the chilies to the puree. Since I like quick and easy recipes, I modified his steps, and I use red chili flakes, which can be adjusted to suit your spicy desire! Either way, the sauce is awesome and can be used for a variety of vegetable, meat and seafood dishes.
prep time
25 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
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yield
4 - 5
Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons red chili flakes
- 1 medium onion, organic, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, organic, chopped
- 1 - fresh lemon peel from organic lemon
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, organic, fresh
- 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter, jif all-natural preferred
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- - salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 pound raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1/2 package frozen broccoli florets, organic
How To Make shrimp stir fry with dad's thai peanut sauce
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Step 1In a food processor, puree chili flakes with onion, garlic and lemon peel. -
Step 2In a sauce pan, heat peanut oil and add pureed mixture. Cook over very low heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
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Step 3In another sauce pan, add rice, water and 1/2 tsp lemon juice. Stir and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to very low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. When rice is done, keep covered and set aside.
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Step 4Add broccoli to a microwavable dish. Cover and microwave on high for 4 to 6 minutes, depending on your microwave strength. Broccoli should be fork tender when done.
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Step 5Go back to your peanut sauce and add the coconut milk. Increase heat to gentle boil and stir. Add lemon juice, peanut butter, cumin, brown sugar and salt to taste; stir well and simmer gently for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and cover sauce pan to keep warm.
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Step 6In a wok or large skillet, heat sesame oil. Add shrimp, toss and cook over medium-high heat until shrimp is just opaque.
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Step 7Add cooked broccoli and toss well with shrimp and sesame oil.
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Step 8Pour Thai Peanut Sauce over shrimp and broccoli and cook until bubbling. Reduce heat to low simmer, cover and cook about 1 to 2 minutes.
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Step 9Spoon rice onto plates, and ladle shrimp, broccoli and sauce mixture generously over rice.
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