Cashew Shrimp

Submitted by MizzNezz

"This is a lovely, tasty shrimp. I serve it with a side of rice and a green vegetable."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 29.58 ml peanut oil
• 907.18 g shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 59.14 ml sliced green onion
• 59.14 ml diced sweet red pepper
• 236.59 ml fresh peas
• 236.59 ml chicken broth
• 4.92 ml salt
• 2.46 ml ground ginger
• 59.14 ml soy sauce
• 19.71 ml cornstarch
• 177.44 ml cashews

directions

1. Heat oil in lg skillet; add shrimp, green onions, and red pepper.
2. Saute for 3 minutes.
3. Add peas, broth, salt and ginger.
4. Cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Mix soy sauce and cornstarch; Stir in to shrimp and cook and stir for 1 minute.
6. Stir in the cashews.

Reviews

[Trinket]

Very flavorful! Makes for a great presentation with all of the colors from the fresh ingredients. Next time I make it I will probably reduce the amount of cashews. Thanks MizzNezz!

 

[Clifford Boren]

I took John2002's advice and added some red chilis to it. Wonderfulness! Served it with fried rice.

 

[John2002]

A really simple recipe for an elegant dish! I think the pinch of salt is unnecessary as the soy sauce adequately flavors the dish. To make it closer to the Vietnamese origin, I would consider adding a few (few!) roasted chili peppers and a little sugar. The red peppers and green peas give great contrast to the dark thick sauce and light color of the shrimp. A really good dish for dinner with friends because of the quick prep time and easy serve.

 

[912514]

I tried this last night. It was ok and made good use of the two things I had quite a bit of (cashews and shrimps) but wasn't very flavorful. Would look for more of a thai-style recipe next time.

 

[Bev I Am]

The dinner I served tonight was very worthy of any five star restaurant. I jazzed the recipe up a bit to suit our taste. I began 1> by heating up the peanut oil & 2 tsp sesame seed oil to which I sauteed 10 dried red chili peppers until brown. 2> To the chilies I added 1/3 cup green onion & 1/2 tsp minced garlic and allowed to cook 30 seconds. 3> Then I added 1/2 cup chopped onion and the red bell pepper. 4> After sauteing the onion and bell pepper, I removed the 10 chili peppers. 5> Added the shrimp and cooked till almost done. then continue with step 2-6. 6> However, when adding the peas, broth and salt, I also added 2 TBS freshly grated ginger. The only other addition I made was to add 1 TBS red wine vinegar to the sauce. Our meal was spectacular!! This dish is loaded with flavors, color and even a little heat, but just enough to grab your attention : ) Thanks to you, MizzNezz, Dan and I enjoyed another awesome meal!!