Hot And Sour Shrimp With Spinach And Walnuts

Total Time: 26 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb uncooked shrimp, peeled,deveined and butterflied
• 4 tablespoons dry sherry
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons ketchup
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
• 1/2 lb stemmed cleaned spinach
• 2 medium red bell peppers, cut into 1 inch squares
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 8 green onions, cut diagonally into 1 inch long pieces
• 2 cups enough steamed jasmine rice, to serve 4

Recipe

• 1 combine shrimp, 2 tblsps sherry and grated ginger in large bowl.
• 2 combine, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 3 mix remaining 2 tblsps sherry, broth, soy, ketchup, cornstarch, vinegar, sugar sesame oil and cayenne pepper in small bowl.
• 4 heat 1 tblsp peanut oil in wok over high heat.
• 5 add walnuts and stir fry 1 minute, until fragrant and toasted.
• 6 transfer walnuts to plate with slotted spoon.
• 7 add spinach to wok and fry until just wilted, about 1 minute.
• 8 put spinach on a serving plate.
• 9 add 1 tblsp peanut oil, bell peppers and garlic to wok, stir fry 1 minute.
• 10 add shrimp mixture and onions and stir fry 1 minute longer.
• 11 stir in stock/sauce mixture.
• 12 cook sauce until clear and thick, about 2 minutes.
• 13 spoon sauce and shrimp over spinach.
• 14 sprinkle with walnuts and serve.