20-Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry

This EASY 20-minute Honey Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry makes a scrumptious fast weeknight meal that’s healthy, flavorful and simply made multi functional pan!

Oh how I like cooking with shrimp.  Not solely does it style scrumptious virtually any method you serve it, however shrimp is tremendous healthy and you may simply prepare dinner it in simply minutes for a straightforward dinner.  Shrimp is admittedly versatile too so I like pairing it with quite a lot of veggies, sauces and seasonings.  Let me inform you, this shrimp stir fry recipe is significantly considered one of my new favourite recipes and the perfect half is the sauce requires solely 5 sauce substances. Add this simple shrimp recipe to your menu this week!

Why You’ll Love This

• An simple weeknight dinner with all of your favourite flavors you may make in beneath 20 minutes! Perfect for these busy weeknights.
• Only a handful of substances to make the perfect candy and savory sauce ever!
• Easily customizable with quite a lot of veggies and protein. I imply, honey garlic hen stir fry would style scrumptious!
• A healthy dish made all in one pan for simple clean-up!

Ingredients You’ll Need

• shrimp – you should utilize contemporary or frozen massive shrimp that’s thawed. Just be sure to peel and devein shrimp first. Only use uncooked shrimp, not use pre-cooked shrimp.
• asparagus – we love including asparagus to stir fries in our home, however be happy to make use of any greens you’d like!  Green beans, broccoli, bok choy, onion, bell peppers, sugar snap peas, snow peas, zucchini, carrots, water chestnuts and mushrooms all make nice choices.
• olive oil – I like to make use of an excellent olive oil that doesn’t must be costly, simply be certain that it’s cold-pressed and natural for probably the most taste. You may additionally use somewhat sesame oil, canola oil or avocado oil, simply be certain that the oil has a high smoke level.
• soy sauce – I at all times use low sodium soy sauce as I discover that common soy sauce could make dishes too salty. You may additionally swap the soy sauce with tamari or coconut aminos to make this gluten-free or paleo.
• rice vinegar – provides a contact of acidity that helps steadiness all these flavors, however in the event you don’t have rice vinegar, be happy to substitute with white vinegar, apple cider vinegar or perhaps a little lemon juice.
• honey – provides somewhat sweetness to the sauce with out utilizing refined sugars and makes a pleasant glaze.  You may additionally swap the honey with maple syrup in the event you don’t have honey readily available.
• garlic – contemporary minced garlic is at all times finest!  If you don’t have contemporary garlic cloves, be happy to make use of a 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder.
• ginger – I exploit contemporary ginger as properly to essentially get that tremendous taste!

How to Make Honey Garlic Shrimp

1. Cook shrimp and veggies. In a large skillet or wok over medium-high warmth, drizzle somewhat olive oil and prepare dinner shrimp in a single layer till it simply begins to show pink, about 3 minutes. Add asparagus and season with a little bit of salt and pepper. Cook till tender-crisp, about 2 to three extra minutes.
2. Make the sauce. While the shrimp prepare dinner, you may make the sticky honey garlic sauce. In a small bowl, whisk collectively the soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, garlic, ginger and a tsp of cornstarch. Set apart.
3. Add sauce. Pour the stir-fry sauce combination into the hot skillet. Continue to prepare dinner, till the sauce has thickened and shrimp and asparagus is coated, about 2 to three minutes.
4. Serve and luxuriate in! Remove from warmth. Garnish with sesame seeds, inexperienced onions and somewhat contemporary parsley or cilantro, if desired. See the recipe card beneath for ingredient portions and full directions.

How to Thaw Frozen Shrimp

• Overnight – If you recognize you’re making this forward of time, thaw the frozen shrimp within the fridge 24 hours earlier than you have to prepare dinner them. Place shrimp in a bowl or a plastic bag to thaw – that is my most well-liked methodology.
• Day of thaw – If you’re brief on time, one of the simplest ways to defrost the shrimp is transferring them to a sealed plastic bag and submerging beneath chilly running water. Keep the shrimp within the chilly water for about 45 minutes till thawed.

How to Serve

• Serve over rice – take pleasure in as a primary dish over a mattress of white rice, brown rice, jasmine rice, quinoa and even cauliflower rice for a low carb choice.
• Pair with noodles – serve over lo mein noodles, rice noodles or pasta to vary issues up. The noodles will take in the sauce, making every chunk much more flavorful!
• With a salad – pair this honey garlic shrimp with a aspect salad or shredded cabbage similar to this crunchy Thai hen salad or this Chinese hen salad.
• Make egg rolls – utilizing spring roll wrappers, wrap up the shrimp and both bake them within the oven on a baking sheet or fry them up in a pan till golden brown.
• As an appetizer – as an alternative of a stir fry, whip up this shrimp and serve with toothpicks or small skewers and your favourite dipping sauce for the proper appetizer everybody will love.

Prepping and Storage

To Store: I at all times prefer to maintain a bag of uncooked frozen shrimp in my freezer for recipes like this and simply thaw the bag within the fridge in a single day, however you may as well use contemporary shrimp as properly.  Leftover shrimp stir fry will last as long as 3 or 4 days within the fridge saved in a sealed, hermetic container. Use your finest judgment after all!

To Freeze: You also can freeze this meal for as much as 2 months.  When desirous to reheat, I recommend thawing the frozen shrimp first and re-heating all the things in a skillet on medium warmth fairly than a microwave for finest outcomes.

For meal prep: I prefer to divide leftovers up into large sealable containers (or zipped-top bag) and have some scrumptious lunches to take pleasure in that week.  My favourite approach to serve that is with cauliflower rice.

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