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shrimp with broccoli in a homemade orange sauce served on a platter with orange wedges

SHRIMP WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Claudia
A shrimp and broccoli stir fry in a homemade Asian sweet and sour orange sauce. Serve over rice or noodles.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 201 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound shrimp
  • 1 pound broccoli
  • 3 tablespoons sesame seed oil
  • 1/4 cup orange marmalade
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ginger or 1/4 teaspoon dried ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 navel orange optional

Instructions
 

Prepare Ingredients

  • Clean the shrimp by peeling off the shell, removing the vein (if it's not already removed) and pulling the tail off, if you don't want to serve dinner with the tail on. The tail may lend a little more seafood flavor when cooking, but basically it's for show.
  • Chop the broccoli into bite sized pieces.
  • Mix together the orange marmalade, soy sauce, apple cider and vinegar.
  • Prepare the rice or noodles that you plan to use as the bed for the stir fry.
  • If you are going to use some orange wedges for serving and/or orange zest, get that ready.

Cooking Instructions

  • Warm a large skillet on medium high heat, then pour enough sesame seed oil in to cover the bottom.
  • Add broccoli to the skillet and sauté on medium high heat until it begins to get tender.
  • Add cleaned shrimp to the hot skillet. As it begins to cook it will emit a lot of steam. It's the excess moisture evaporating. Cook the shrimp for about 3 minutes until they are just turning white on the inside and pinkish on the outside and beginning to curl up.
  • Turn the heat to medium and add orange sauce. Cook for another 2 minutes. The shrimp should be done at this point. Taste test for doneness. It should be a little crunchy; not mushy. Don't overcook, or the shrimp becomes rubbery.
  • Take the skillet off the heat. Don't leave the shrimp mixture sitting in the pan or the shrimp will overcook. Serve as soon as it is done. Spoon the shrimp, broccoli and orange sauce mixture over rice or noodles.

Notes

We tried this with chicken too, using the same cooking instructions, and it was great! As we show you in our feature picture, you can make this easy dish look like a special dinner with some orange wedges and/or orange zest from the peel. But the orange isn't just for show. Squeezing some orange juice from the wedge or adding a little zest over your serving, brings a burst of freshness to complement the orange flavor in the sauce.

Nutrition

Calories: 201kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gSodium: 300mgPotassium: 435mgFiber: 4gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 805IUVitamin C: 123mgCalcium: 77mgIron: 1mg
Keyword 30 minutes or less, asian flavored stir fry, broccoli in a stir fry, homemade asian orange sauce, seafood stir fry,, shrimp stir fry, stir fry
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