Sweet and Sour Shrimp (Prawns)

Sweet and Sour Shrimp - A super easy and quick recipe for shrimp in a Chinese style sweet and sour sauce, perfect with rice and some stir fried vegetables.

Quick and Easy Sweet and Sour Prawns

This just might be one of the easiest fakeaway dishes you make - heat the sauce, fry the shrimp, add into the sauce and viola its all done. See how quick and easy that is?

I love simple and quick recipes like this, especially when it gets to dinner time after an extremely busy day and I want a dinner ready and on the table in minutes.

What kind of shrimp is best for stir fries?

While tail on or shell on shrimp can look much more aesthetic in a dish, it can be annoying in a saucy type dish when you just want a spoonful with some rice and veggies without having to take off the tail each time you pick up a shrimp.

So for this recipe I opt for some defrosted frozen raw large shrimp with the tail and shell off. Fresh shrimp is totally fine to use too, but I do recommend using raw over cooked shrimp for this dish.

Simple Sweet and Sour Sauce

For the sweet and sour sauce I use just a handful of ingredients for that typical sweet and sour taste.

• Pineapple Juice
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Soy Sauce
• Vinegar
• Cornstarch
• Granulated Sweetener

The pineapple juice adds a nice flavour and sweetness to the sauce with the sweetener and the cornstarch helps to thicken so that it coats the shrimp and is lovely and glossy.

Vegetables for Sweet and Sour Shrimp

For a typical sweet and sour style dish the vegetables are usually added into the pan with the protein. But for this I prefer the shrimp in a nice volume of sauce so instead I cook some veggies to serve on the side.

My favourite vegetables to serve alongside this is some shredded sauteed cabbage and thinly slice carrot sticks. But really go for whatever vegetables you like.

Some other great vegetables are:

• Baby Corn
• Sugar snap peas
• Peppers (any colour)
• Onion
• Mange Tout (snow peas)
• Mushrooms

Sides for Chinese Sweet and Sour Dishes

The most common side to serve alongside a Sweet and Sour dish is rice and plain jasmine is one of my favourites. Super easy to cook and perfect for mopping up all that sauce.

Some of great options are of course are Egg Fried Rice or if you want to reduce the calories Egg Fried Cauliflower Rice.

But there is no reason why you couldn't enjoy this alongside some noodles or my Perfect Oven Baked Chips (Fries).

Some days when I want a really quick meal. I just dump a bag of stir fry veggie mix into the pan with a little spray oil and seasoning and will have that. We get a great mix here that contains cabbage, kale, broccoli stalks and carrots. It might be all vegetables, but it feels like noodles and is filling while being really low in calories.

More Chinese Fakeaway Recipes

Looking for some more Chinese Recipes? Check out some of these:

• Beef Chow Mein
• Spring Roll in a Bowl
• Black Pepper Beef
• Cashew Chicken
• Mongolian Beef
• Chicken Chop Suey
• Salt and Pepper Chicken

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