Honey Garlic Shrimp (蜜汁虾球)
Honey garlic shrimp is a super easy takeout dish you can put together quickly for your weekday dinner. The tender and juicy shrimp are cooked with a sweet sauce and plenty of aromatics. Serve it on steamed rice and you’ll have dinner ready in 20 minutes! {Gluten-Free adaptable}To make this dish gluten-free, use dry sherry instead of Shaoxing wine, and use tamari instead of soy sauce.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 lb (450 g) shrimp (, peeled and deveined)
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon butter ((or vegetable oil))
- 3 cloves garlic (, minced)
- 2 teaspoons ginger (, minced)
- chopped green onion for garnish ((Optional))
Instructions
- 1
Combine all the marinade ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and mix well. Let sit for 10 minutes while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
- 2
Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.
- 3
Heat butter in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add garlic and ginger. Stir and cook for a few seconds to release the fragrance.
- 4
Add the shrimp. Cook and stir occasionally, until both sides turn golden.
- 5
Add the sauce. Cook and stir until it thickens slightly, 1 minute or so. Add the green onion if using and stir to mix well. Immediately transfer everything to a plate. Serve hot over steamed rice as a main.