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Easy Kung Pao Shrimp Recipe

This Easy Kung Pao Shrimp Recipe is all about making your own homemade kung pao shrimp a little bit quicker. If you were able to see our previous recipe for kung pao shrimp (with video), you know that it demonstrates how to cook the dish from ground-up; this means also making your own kung pao sauce โ€” which is really easy and delicious.

Difficulty Hard
Time 15 min
Servings 3
Ingredients 13
Steps 10
Easy Kung Pao Shrimp Recipe
Chinese Updated 3/4/2020

Ingredients

Measured from the catalog payload.

  • 1 lb shrimp head and shell removed
  • 1 piece bell pepper chopped
  • 1 piece onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup scallion chopped
  • 1/4 cup peanut
  • 3/4 cup kung pao sauce
  • 1 piece zucchini diced
  • 5 pieces dried red chili
  • 1 ginger minced
  • 1 tablespoon garlic minced
  • 3 tablespoons cooking oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

10 cooking steps

  1. Heat a pan or wok then pour the cooking oil.
  2. Once the cooking oil gets hot, quickly saute the ginger and garlic. Do this fast to prevent the spices from getting burnt.
  3. Put-in the dried chili and peanuts. Stir fry for 1 minute.
  4. Add the onion and zucchini. Cook for 1 minute.
  5. Put-in the bell peppers. Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
  6. Add the shrimp. Continue to stir-fry for 2 to 5 minutes. do not overcook the shrimp
  7. Pour-in the kung pao sauce. Stir and cook for 1 minute.
  8. Add the scallions. Sprinkle salt and pepper, if needed. Try to taste your dish at this point to see if you will need to add salt and pepper.
  9. Stir and transfer to a serving plate.
  10. Share and enjoy!

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