31/05/2026
CHINESE STYLE SWEET & SPICY SHRIMP; Finish Product 😋 ❤️ ♥️
Ingredients
🌶️ Chinese-Style Sweet & Spicy Shrimp
Prep: 10 min | Cook: 8 min | Serves: 3–4 | Glossy, authentic takeout flavor
Ingredients
Shrimp
- 1000g large shrimp (peeled, deveined, tails on)
- 3 tsp Shaoxing wine / cooking wine
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
- 4 tbsp cooking oil
Chinese Sweet & Spicy Sauce
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tbsp doubanjiang (chili bean paste) / chili garlic sauce
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp black vinegar / rice vinegar
- 4 tbsp honey / brown sugar
- 2 tbsp ketchup (balances flavor)
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tsp cornstarch + 4 tbsp water (slurry)
- ½ tsp sesame oil
- Garnish: spring onion, toasted sesame seeds
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Marinate shrimp: Mix shrimp with wine, salt, cornstarch. Rest 5 mins → keeps tender & juicy.
2. Sear: Heat oil in wok/pan high heat. Fry shrimp 2–3 mins until pink & curled. Set aside.
3. Aromatics: In same pan, sauté ginger + garlic 10 sec → add chili bean paste, stir-fry 30 sec until fragrant.
4. Simmer sauce: Add soy, vinegar, honey, ketchup, water. Bring to simmer 1 min.
5. Thicken: Stir in slurry until sauce turns glossy & thick. Drizzle sesame oil.
6. Toss: Return shrimp, coat evenly 30 sec. Garnish & serve hot with steamed rice.
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