KUNG PAO SHRIMP

Kung Pao Shrimp

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons oil

1 inch ginger, peeled and thinly sliced

1/4 onion

1/2 green bell pepper, diced

10 dried red chile peppers

1 pound shrimp, shelled, peeled, and deveined

1/4 cup roasted peanuts

3 stalks of scallions (white parts only)

Kung Pao Sauce:

2 tablespoons soy sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1/2 teaspoon cornstarch

4 tablespoons water

1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

1/4 teaspoon white pepper

1/2 teaspoon rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar

1/2 teaspoon honey

Directions:

Mix the Kung Pao sauce ingredients and set aside.

Heat up a wok and add the cooking oil until the oil is very hot.

Add the ginger, onion, green pepper, and dried red chilies.

Stir-fry until you smell the spicy aromas from the dried red chilies.

Add shrimp and roasted peanuts and keep stirring.

When the shrimp are almost cooked, add the Kung Pao sauce to the wok, and keep stirring until the sauce thickens.

Add the chopped scallions and serve hot.

Notes:

Serve over jasmine rice or noodles.

Does 10 chile peppers sound like too many? Too bad. Suck it up, buttercup. This one's HOT!