With thoughts of Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day coming up this weekend, here’s an Asian-inspired easy dinner to celebrate both. It’s made with jumbo shrimp and vermicelli noodles, also called rice noodles. The sauce from the shrimp is absorbed by the noodles as they steam together.
The entire meal is steamed on one plate. You don’t need a special steamer to make this dinner. Here are some ideas if you don’t have a steamer:
Use a roasting pan or large skillet with a rack or broiler pan. Cover tightly with foil if you do not have a lid for the pan.
Or, use a collapsible vegetable steaming rack and place in a skillet.
Another option is to place a rack or perforated foil pie plate upside down in a wok or other pan to keep plate elevated from the water.
Any size shrimp can be used for the recipe.
Angel hair pasta can be used instead of vermicelli noodles. Cook them in boiling water first, then complete the recipe.
Three teaspoons minced garlic can be used instead of crushed garlic cloves.
Shopping list:
To buy: ¾ pound peeled jumbo shrimp, 1 small package vermicelli noodles, 1 bottle sesame oil, 1 small bottle reduced-sodium soy sauce, ¼ pound snow peas and 1 bunch scallions.
Staples: garlic, sugar.
Countdown:
Soak vermicelli noodles.
Prepare steamer.
Saute garlic in oil and remove to a plate.
Make sauce in the same pan.
Steam shrimp.
STEAMED GARLIC SHRIMP WITH VERMICELLI NOODLES
4 ounces vermicelli rice noodles
¼ pound snow peas steamed with shrimp
¾ pound jumbo shrimp
4 teaspoons sesame oil, divided use
5 garlic cloves, crushed
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons sugar
2 scallions, sliced (about cup)
Place vermicelli in a bowl of warm water. Soak vermicelli for about 10 minutes until softened. Drain and use scissors to cut the long noodles into 2 to 3 sections. Spread noodles on a large plate. Place snow peas on top of the noodles. Add the shrimp over the snow peas.
Heat 2 teaspoons sesame oil in a small saucepan. Add the garlic and saute 1 minute. Spoon garlic and oil over the shrimp. Add the soy sauce, water and sugar to the same saucepan. Heat until sugar is dissolved. Add remaining 2 teaspoons sesame oil to the sauce. Set aside.
Bring water to a boil in wok or large saucepan. Add a steam basket over the water and place the plate on top. Cover with a lid and steam 10 minutes or until the shrimp turns pink.
Remove the plate and spoon the sauce over the shrimp. Let sauce soak in a minute, and divide the ingredients between two dinner plates.
Yield 2 servings.
Per serving: 498 calories (19 percent from fat), 10.4 g fat (1.6 g saturated, 3.8 g monounsaturated), 276 mg cholesterol, 41.8 g protein, 59 g carbohydrates, 3.1 fiber, 1082 mg sodium.
Recipe by Gassenheimer.
Gassenheimer is an author of more than 30 cookbooks including her newest, "The 12-Week Diabetes Cookbook" She writes about food for Tribune News Service. She may be contacted at Linda@DinnerInMinutes.com.
February 10, 2021 at 03:00PM
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