Why take out when you have the super simple shrimp fried rice recipe? This Shrimp fried rice recipe comes together in about 30 minutes. Features sweet shrimp, crisp veggies like snow peas, carrots, aromatic ginger and garlic. All the ingredients come together in a quick stir-fry with Jasmine rice coated in a tamari-sesame oil sauce.
Key to this meal
The best part about this dish is that it’s very easy to cook. But if there’s one tricky part it is when you’re about to cook the eggs and shrimp. First step, heat 2 teaspoons neutral oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Add eggs and scramble until soft curds form, about 1 minute. The eggs will cook fast so please pay attention.
Transfer to a plate and break into large pieces. Wipe out the skillet. Add shrimp and 1 tablespoon oil to the same skillet, and cook over high heat, stirring, until shrimp are firm and just cooked through, 2–3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a plate with eggs.
TIPS FOR COOKING THE PERFECT FRIED RICE:
Make sure to give your rice a quick rinse. This allows the rice to get rid of some of the starch, which creates cooked grains that aren’t too clumpy. All the good bits like the ginger chunks, scallions, egg and other tasty seasonings will then mix well with the rice. This allows you to have the flavor evenly distributed throughout the dish.
REST YOUR RICE AFTER COOKING:
Once your rice is cooked, put it into a large bowl then place in the fridge to allow cool down. Let the rice stand for 1 to 2 hours until it’s fully cooled. Resting and cooling your rice allows excess moisture to evaporate, which also helps keep grains from sticking together. Any leftover plain rice you have in the fridge already will also work well in fried rice.
What shrimp should I use
Another recommendation I have is to use frozen shrimp. fresh is rare and can be expensive and thawed shrimp gives neither the flavor of fresh nor the flexibility of frozen. The shelf life of thawed shrimp is a couple of days, and shrimp stored in the freezer retain their quality for up to a month.
HOW TO DEFROST SHRIMP
There are two ways to thaw shrimp safely: 1) Slowly in the fridge for about 24 hours per pound. 2) Quickly in a colander in the sink under cold running water. Never at room temperature. Never in warm water.
Wine pairing
Plum wine
Plum Wine or Umeshu (梅酒) is a Japanese liqueur made by steeping fresh Japanese plum (ume) in shochu/white liquor and sugar. The sweet and sour flavors with the fruity aroma are very appealing and you can make many kinds of drinks with it!
How to drink it
- Place a glass in the freezer for about an hour. After an hour, the glass should have a slight frost on it. …
- Fill a glass halfway with ice cubes. …
- Pour the plum wine until it reaches the top of the ice cubes. …
- Add water if you want your wine to be less sweet.
Shrimp Fried Rice with Snow Peas & Carrots
Equipment
- large nonstick skillet
- medium saucepan
Ingredients
- ½ oz toasted sesame oil
- 2 ½ oz tamari pods
- 10 oz pkg shrimp
- 1 oz fresh ginger
- garlic use 2 large cloves
- 4 oz snow peas
- 1 bunch scallions
- 5 oz jasmine rice
- 4 oz carrot
- 2 large eggs
- apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar
- kosher salt & pepper
- neutral oil
- sugar
Instructions
- Cook rice & carrots: Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Scrub carrot, quarter lengthwise, and cut crosswise into ¼-inch pieces. Add rice to boiling water, and cook (like pasta), stirring occasionally, until almost tender, about 8 minutes. Add carrots and cook rice and carrots together until tender, about 4 minutes more. Drain, rinse with cold water, and drain again.
- Prep ingredients: While rice cooks, trim scallions, then thinly slice, keeping dark greens separate. Trim snow peas, then halve crosswise. Peel and finely chop 2 teaspoons garlic. Peel and finely chop 1 tablespoon ginger. Beat 2 large eggs in a small bowl. Pat shrimp dry and season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Make sauce: In a small bowl, stir to combine all of the tamari, sesame oil, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 tablespoon water, and 2 teaspoons sugar.
- Cook eggs & shrimp: Heat 2 teaspoons neutral oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Add eggs and scramble until soft curds form, about 1 minute. Transfer to a plate and break into large pieces. Wipe out skillet. Add shrimp and 1 tablespoon oil to same skillet, and cook over high heat, stirring, until shrimp are firm and just cooked through, 2–3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to plate with eggs.
- Cook vegetables: Add snow peas, ginger, garlic, and scallion whites and light greens to same skillet. Cook, stirring, until snow peas are bright green, 1–2 minutes. Transfer to plate with shrimp. Add rice, carrots, sauce, and 1 tablespoon neutral oil; cook over high heat, pressing down to allow rice to crisp, tossing occasionally and repeating, until the rice is warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- Finish & serve: Stir shrimp, snow peas, and eggs into rice, and toss until warmed through. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve fried rice topped with scallion dark greens.
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Notes
Calories 730kcal, Fat 32.0g, Proteins 35.0g, Carbs 76.0g ALLERGENS
Sesame, Soy, Shellfish and Egg. May contain traces of other allergens. Packaged in a facility that packages gluten containing products.
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