Adobo Style Shrimp (Filipino)
- Ready In:
- 11mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 453.59 g medium shrimp, unshelled
- 118.29 ml vinegar
- 59.14 ml water
- 29.57 ml soy sauce
- 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 14.79 ml salt
- 4.92 ml pepper
- 29.58 ml cooking oil (or as you see fit)
- 14.79 ml sugar
- 29.58 ml scallions, to garnish (optional)
directions
- Wash shrimp and cut off whiskers. Drain.
- Place in pan or wok, add all ingredients except sugar and cooking oil.
- Cook shrimp until not quite cooked on MED HEAT, maybe 2-4 minutes depending on your shrimp size.
- Drain shrimp (along with garlic). Set sauce aside, and add the sugar.
- Heat cooking oil and fry shrimp and garlic together on MED LOW HEAT.
- When garlic is lightly browned, return the sauce to the pan and finish cooking shrimp.
- [Be sure to not overcook the shrimp-- you can tell if they turn into little O's" instead of C's].
- [Note: If you want a spicy "adobo", add 1 tablespoon of hot sauce or 1-2 minced hot peppers of your preference.].
- Put on serving platter and garnish with chopped scallions (optional).
- Serve with steamed Jasmine rice.
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