Asian Inspired Firecracker Shrimp

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Asian Inspired Firecracker Shrimp

Cook's Notes: Add an Asian flair to your next shrimp stir fry meal and your guests will think you've spent a lot of time in the kitchen. The orange glaze can be made a few hours in advance and is enough for 2 servings. Firecracker Shrimp stir fry recipe serves 2 but ingredients can  easily be increased doubling the glaze amount. 
Use a wok or a large fry pan to make this dish and pair with healthy brown rice. 
Stir Fry Ingredients:

• 2 cups snow peas or sugar snap peas,trimmed ends
• 1 lb. shrimp peeled, deveined, cooked quick frozen, partially thawed
• 1 TB. cornstarch
• 1 TB sesame oil
• 1/4 cup dried chiles, diced
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 1/3 - 1/2 cup roasted red peppers
• 2 TB. scallions, minced 
• 3 clementines, segmented 
• 1 TB. Sesame seeds

Directions:

• Fill a large bowl with ice and water. Bring a medium pot to a boil and add in snow peas. Cook until crisp-tender about 1 minute, drain and add to ice bath water, let set 1 minute, drain again and pat dry on paper towel. Set aside.  
• Make orange glaze and set aside on a back burner. 
• Toss shrimp with cornstarch to coat. 
• Heat wok or fry pan with sesame oil. Add shrimp, garlic cloves, scallions and chiles.  Stir until shrimp lightly browned and opaque about 2 minutes. 
• Add in glaze, orange segments, snap peas, roasted red peppers and simmer with shrimp mixture cook until slightly thickened and heated through about 3 minutes. 
• Sprinkle with 1 TB. sesame seeds

Serve Firecracker Shrimp with brown rice and a slice of Myer Lemon  Pie. http://sockfairies.blogspot.com/2018/07/meyers-lemon-pie-with-strawberry.html
The pie and sauce can be made the day before. 

Asian Orange Glaze Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup orange marmalade
• 2 TB. orange juice
• 2 tsp. each soy sauce and hoisin sauce
• 1 tsp. minced ginger 
• Pinch of Chinese 5-spice powder or ground fennel seed

Glaze Directions: 

• Heat marmalade and orange juice together in a small saucepan to soften marmalade. 
• Add in rest of ingredients, mix well and cook 1 minute.  
  

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