How to Cook Sweet and Sour Shrimps
Sweet and sour shrimp is a flavorful seafood dish featuring tender shrimp coated in a perfectly balanced tangy, sweet, and savory sauce with vibrant vegetables.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 300kcal
Ingredients
- 1 kilo large shrimps washed and antennae removed
- 2 pcs red and green bell peppers slice into squares
- 2 Tbsp. spring onions chopped
- 2 Tbsp. patis or fish sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 pcs tomatoes chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 inch size ginger slice into strips
- 1 pc large red onion chopped
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar
- 1/4 cup banana catsup
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch mixed with 1/2 cup water
- 2 pcs siling labuyo optional
- 2 Tbsp. cooking oil
Instructions
How to cook Sweet and Sour Shrimps:
- In a medium size wok, heat oil and saute ginger. Then add garlic and saute until fragrant.
- Then add onions and saute again until soft. Add in the tomatoes and saute until it is soft and cooked.
- Add in the tomato sauce, banana catsup, cornstarch slurry, vinegar and sugar.
- Mix until the cornstarch is well blended and the sauce thickens.
- Next, add in the shrimps. Stir until the shrimps are coated with the sauce.
- Cover and simmer for a few minutes. Add water if necessary.
- Then add in the patis, salt, pepper, spring onions, siling labuyo and bell peppers.
- Stir cook, cover and simmer for a few minutes until the peppers are half-cooked. Serve hot.