Honey Garlic Shrimp
Learn how to make a healthy honey garlic shrimp stir fry with less sugar and sodium, but more flavor. Serve it on steamed rice with broccoli, and you’ll have dinner ready in 20 minutes! {Gluten-Free adaptable}To make this dish gluten-free, use dry sherry instead of Shaoxing wine, and use tamari or coconut aminos instead of soy sauce.
Ingredients
Marinade
- 1 lb / (450 g) shrimp , peeled and deveined
- 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine (or dry sherry)
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
Stir-fry
- 1 tablespoon butter (or vegetable oil)
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger
- Optional chopped green onion for garnish
Instructions
- Combine all the marinade ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and mix well. Let sit for 10 minutes while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
- Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.
- Heat butter in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat until hot. Add garlic and ginger. Stir and cook for a few seconds to release the fragrance.
- Add the shrimp. Cook and stir occasionally, until both sides turn white.
- Add the sauce. Cook and stir until it thickens slightly, 1 minute or so. Immediately transfer everything to a plate.
- Garnish with green onion, if using. Serve hot as a main.
Nutrition
Serving: 3g, Calories: 282kcal, Carbohydrates: 29g, Protein: 28.3g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 3.1g, Cholesterol: 265mg, Sodium: 625mg, Potassium: 261mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 23.4g, Calcium: 90mg, Iron: 0.7mg