Sweet and Sour Shrimp (Or Chicken)

Submitted by DeeBee

"I usually double the sauce in this recipe and I like to add carrots, too."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 340.19 g shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 44.37 ml cornstarch
• 226.79 g can pineapple chunks, packed in juice
• 29.58 ml tomato paste
• 29.58 ml cider vinegar
• 14.79 ml honey
• 14.79 ml soy sauce
• 4.92 ml oriental sesame oil
• 22.18 ml vegetable oil
• 1 sweet red pepper, cored, seeded and cut in 3/4 inch cubes
• 2 green onions, cut in slivers
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 9.85 ml grated fresh ginger
• cooked rice (optional)

directions

1. Combine shrimp and 2 tablespoons of the cornstarch in bag; shake to coat.
2. Drain pineapple, reserving juice (about 1/2 cup).
3. Stir remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch into reserved juice until smooth.
4. Stir in tomato paste, vinegar, honey, soy and sesame oil until blended.
5. Heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil in nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
6. Add the shrimp and cook for about 3 minutes or until cooked through.
7. Drain on paper toweling.
8. Heat remaining oil in skillet.
9. Add sweet peppers; stir-fry 6 minutes.
10. Add onion, garlic, ginger; stir-fry 1 minute.
11. Stir tomato mixture into skillet.
12. Bring to boiling.
13. Add shrimp and pineapple; heat through.
14. Serve over rice.
15. Garnish with slivered green onion, if you wish.

Reviews

[nesbitt929]

Is great,fiance won't eat shrimp so it was all mine.LOL I did not use tomato paste as I didn't want to open a whole can for so little so I used ketchup.Thank you for this one.

 

[FoxyLoxy]

Yummy, yummy! This was so good, and my fiance and I agree with the other reviews, better than takeout! I doubled the recipe as suggested, and it was perfect! Didn't have sesame oil, so used olive oil, and I don't think it made a difference. Thanks luvmybge!

 

[Jeena in FL]

delicious! i think there's a little tiny bit too much tomato paste, but overall deliciiiious!

 

[Christineyy]

I'm giving 4 stars because my mom liked it alot. I thought it was good at first, but about half way through eating a little bit of it, I couldn't even take another bite. It's probably just too intense of a flavor for me, but I definitely might try this again but i will definitely have to cut back on something. Either the cidar vinegar or the ginger. I'm not quite sure which though. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[Karen From Colorado]

My daughter requested sweet and sour chicken for dinner last night and this is the recipe I chose to use. It was easy to prepare and went together quickly. Alicia says it tastes better then the restaurant she is used to eating from. I have to agree with her. I used green bell pepper, white onion cut into chunks and crushed pineapple because it is what I had on hand. I also added sliced water chestnuts because we like them so well. I doubled the sauce ingredients. We had it over steamed white rice and enjoyed it very much. Leftovers warm up beautifully in the microwave. Thank you for a very nice dinner.