Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe

A simple flavor fully spiced shrimp stir fry prepared in a skillet over the stovetop within minutes.

They can be served with most Asian side dishes and fried rice or even in Asian flavored Tacos!

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• 🍤 Ingredients
• 🔪 How to make it?
• 🍱 Storing
• 🍴 Serving
• 📖 Recipe

🍤 Ingredients

This is an overview of the main ingredients to make these stir-fried shrimp. (see recipe card further below for all details)

• shrimp - aka prawns, fresh is best but you can use frozen shrimp that you deveined and cleaned too.
• spring onions or green onions - bulb and stalks are prepped and cooked at seperate times.
• oil - regular cooking oil
• garlic - fresh
• ginger - fresh

The stir fry sauce contains the following 3 ingredients:

• sugar - white or brown
• vinegar - mild viengar as in rice vinegar. You can use distilled vinegar too or something that isn't overpowering. Mix strong vinegar with some water to dilute and soften flavor profile.
• soy sauce - regular kikkoman style soy sauce

For the topping:

• sesame oil - optional but recommended. Use one that you like, not all sesame oils taste the same.
• sesame seeds - I recommend topping with white and black seeds because it looks good.
• red chili pepper flakes - Adds flavor and heat. Can be skipped but looks good as a topping.

🔪 How to make it?

Here is a quick overview on how to make this dish from scratch. The printable recipe with adjustable US and metric measurements is located further below.

Step 1

Prep and chop garlic and ginger.

Separate spring onion bulbs from the greens and slice bulbs and cut stalks.

Keep shrimp ready and prepare stir fry sauce.

Step 2

Stir cook spring onion bulbs, ginger and garlic.

Add and cook shrimp. At last pour in stir fry sauce and cook.

Step 3

Take from the heat and sprinkle topping over that. Red chili flakes, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and green onion stalks.

🍱 Storing

Store leftover in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

But keep in mind that they are best enjoyed the same day. It's a seafood product after all and it can spoil easily if left out. Also, reheating will dry out your shrimp.

Reheat gradually in a pan over the stovetop or in the oven in a baking dish. A microwave is also an option but the shrimps might turn out chewy.

I don't recommend freezing this dish, because the shrimp will be already cooked through, and freezing cooked through shrimp isn't feasible.

You are better off preparing your shrimp stir fry fresh.

🍴 Serving

We love these shrimp stir fry with other Asian flavored meals.

Serve it up with a simple egg fried rice, and a Sichuan style green beans or a zesty zucchini stir fry or stir-fried bok choy.

The Thai sweet chili sauce can be served along, as well as a simple napa cabbage salad with ginger dressing.

But don't limit yourself! Think Asian flavored tacos! You could use the stir-fried spicy shrimp in your tacos with other vegetable toppings.

📖 Recipe