Asian healthy shrimp stir fry recipe with snow peas recipe takes 15 minutes to make. It’s low-carb, gluten free, and a great weeknight meal.
Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make your 15 minutes shrimp stir fry.
- 1 lb shrimp
- 1 cup snow peas
- 3 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 ½ tablespoon ginger julienne
- Chopped garlic 1 teaspoon
- ½ cup scallions
- salt to taste
For sauce-
- 3 tablespoon low sodium light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- Organic honey 1 tablespoon
- 1 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 tablespoon lime juice
How To Make Shrimp Stir Fry?
- In a bowl whisk all ingredients mentioned under the list ‘For sauce’.
- High heat a wok. Add sesame oil and wait until sesame oil is really hot (toasted sesame oil).
- Stir fry fresh ginger and garlic in the wok for 5 seconds. Add scallions and toss few times. Throw in clean shrimps and cook 30 seconds high heat. Season the shrimps with pepper (do add red chili flakes if you like to add a bit of kick to the dish) and salt.
- Add snow peas to the wok. Toss few times.
- Pour the sauce and give it a good stir. Keep stirring to avoid sauce turning hard or turning into lumps.
- Once sauce is slightly thickened, garnish with spring onions, sesame seeds and remove from heat.
- Serve this gingered stir fry shrimp and snow peas with brown rice immediately.
Helpful Notes Before You Get Started
Wok-
Asian skillet or Chinese wok is best for any stir fry. Woks tend to heat up fast and works best for stir fry. High heat a wok, thrown in the vegetables and proteins, cook each ingredient 30 seconds or slightly more on high heat. That’s it!
P.S – I used non stick pan instead of my wok, for shooting purpose.
Shrimp Stir Fry Variations?
You can choose to use many different vegetables with this recipe. Shrimp stir fry recipe are so versatile you can try so many variations.
- Use your favorite vegetable – bok choy, spinach, broccoli, bell peppers, mushrooms.
- Use chicken thighs instead of shrimp (and call it chicken stir fry haha)
- Make it a dry dish by adding less sauce or make it more saucy according to your preference. Sauce when mixed with rice makes your meal more delicious!
- Don’t like rice, serve it over Asian noodles.
Not at all spicy. You will taste the warmth of ginger and garlic along with very mild heat from ground pepper. That’s about it!
Add red chili flakes or any Asian chili sauce to make the dish spicy.
If using frozen shrimp, thaw completely and pat dry it with kitchen paper towel to remove excess water. Shrimp should be completely dey before you start cooking.
When you start cooking shrimp, it forms a shape like letter “C”. Once shrimps forms “C”, stop cooking it. Over cooked shrimps will taste rubbery and are unpleasant to eat. If see shrimps curling up to form letter “O”, you over cooked shrimp!
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Healthy Shrimp Stir-Fry with Snow Peas
Equipment
- Wok
- Tongs
- Small mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp
- 1 cup snow peas
- 3 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 ½ tablespoon ginger julienne
- 1 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
- ½ cup scallions
- salt to taste
For sauce-
- 3 tablespoon low sodium light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon corn starch (Personally I prefer to use rice flour for no specific reason in place of corn starch)
- 1 ½ tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground pepper (you can use red pepper flakes instead of ground pepper)
- 2 tablespoon lime juice
For garnish
- Spring onions
- Sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a bowl whisk all ingredients mentioned under the list ‘For sauce’.
- High heat a wok. Add sesame oil and wait until sesame oil is really hot (toasted sesame oil).
- Stir fry fresh ginger and garlic in the wok for 5 seconds. Add scallions and toss few times. Throw in clean shrimps and cook 30 seconds high heat. Season the shrimps with pepper (do add red chili flakes if you like to add a bit of kick to the dish) and salt.
- Wash snow peas well. Trim off the stem and add them to the wok. Toss few times.
- Pour the sauce and give it a good stir. Keep stirring to avoid sauce turning hard or turning into lumps.
- Once sauce is slightly thickened, garnish with spring onions, sesame seeds and remove from heat.
- Serve this gingered stir fry shrimp and snow peas with brown rice immediately.
Allison - Celebrating Sweets
What a healthy and delicious meal! My family would love this!
jyothirajesh
Thanks Allison. Do give it a try, you’ll love it 🙂
Jill
Beautiful photos and a delicious looking recipe!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Jill.
Natalie
I love making shrimps at home! This stir fry looks and sounds delicious and so easy. Perfect for a quick yummy dinner!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Natalie. Yes it’s perfect for those busy weeknights
Lisa | Garlic & Zest
I have scallops in my fridge right now — do you think I could substitute them for the shrimp? It looks so good!
jyothirajesh
Lisa scallops would well too. DO try it
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
I DO have shrimp in the freezer! And I have asparagus, which I think could stand in for the snow peas ~ dinner is sorted :))
sue | theviewfromgreatisland
This looks so healthy and delicious, and yes I DO have a bag of shrimp in the freezer. I also have asparagus, which I think would work in place of the snow peas, what do you think? Can’t wait!
Amrita
A wow Shrimp recipe!Awesome share
Demeter
Love the fresh ginger in this! And those snow peas look fantastic! 🙂
jyothirajesh
Thank you Demeter. The flavor of ginger is something else! 🙂
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables
My husband loves shrimp so I know he’d enjoy this recipe! (And I’d enjoy all the veggies!)
jyothirajesh
It’s always nice to have a balance of vegetables and protein! So glad you liked it Liz!
Danielle
This is a great idea for a healthy weeknight dinner. Plus I just got a new wok and need to make more things with it to get it nice and seasoned 🙂
jyothirajesh
Stir fry in wok is the BEST! Get that wok doing it’s magic! 🙂
Helen of Fuss Free Flavours
Such a tasty sounding recipe with a great list of ingredients. Perfect for a really enjoyable mid week meal. Nice and healthy too, always a great bonus.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Helen. Easy healthy recipes are my kind of recipes
Deanna
I love shrimp!! These look fab and I want to make it for dinner sometime this week!
jyothirajesh
Thanks Deanna. Do let us know your feedback if you try it