Hot Hunan Shrimp Recipe

This fast and easy recipe is adapted from Food and Wine magazine.

1 lb large shrimp
1 T Shaoxing wine
1/2 t salt
3 T peanut oil
2 t minced ginger, garlic, chili garlic sauce, minced pickled chiles each
1/3 c water
1/2 t dark soy sauce
2 green onions finely chopped
1 T finely chopped red bell pepper
1/4 t sesame oil

Using scissors, cut down the curved side of shells. Remove veins, leave shells intact. Put in bowl and mix with wine and salt.

Heat wok very hot. Add oil, heat to slight smoke. Pat shrimp dry. Add to pan. Cook to nearly done about 2 min. Add ginger, garlic, chili sauce, pickled chiles, and stir fry fragrant about 1 min. Add water , soy sauces, green onions, bell pepper, and stir fry til liquid slightly reduced and shrimp cooked through. Drizzle with sesame oil