Friday, September 3, 2010

Caribbean Shrimp Stir-fry

This is a good summery dish - and a nice culinary end to the summer! Have had the recipe for awhile, not sure where it's from. Makes about 6 servings, so halve the pineapple and tomatoes if you want a smaller meal.

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked rice (or noodles if preferred)
vegetable oil (1-2 Tablespoons)
~1/4 medium onion, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can (20oz) pineapple chunks, drained
1 lb. frozen shrimp (raw, peeled, deveined)
~1 teaspoon crushed red pepper (to taste)
1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 can (half of 7 oz) diced green chiles
1 teaspoon soy sauce


Directions

Begin cooking rice or noodles according to package directions.

In large skillet (or wok) on medium-high, saute onion and garlic in a little vegetable oil until lightly browned. Add pineapple and lightly brown. Transfer to bowl and set aside.

Add shrimp and crushed red pepper to pan with a little more vegetable oil, if needed. Stir continually until cooked - you should only need a minute or two if thawed, 5-6 minutes if still frozen (if frozen, you'll probably need to drain when finished cooking).

Add pineapples back to pan with the shrimp, along with tomatoes, green chiles, and soy sauce. Heat thru for a few minutes.

Serve over rice or noodles. Yummy!

3 comments:

  1. If I subbed in olive oil, coconut oil or butter for the vegetable oil (you know that stuff is bad for you, right?) and had more veggies instead of rice (maybe thin sliced carrots or squash and removed the soy sauce completely then this is something I could eat. It does look good.

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  2. yeah - use whatever oil you like or have. do you not like vegetable oil because it's soy, peanuts, etc. and those aren't in your diet?

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  3. I want to cook this recipe because I think that it was very delicious. I hope that I can cook this with my Stir Fried Chicken because I know that they are perfect combination. Thanks for sharing it here.

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