Let’s be honest, we all love Chinese take out from time to time. But if you have food allergies/dietary restrictions like me, it could be extremely difficult to find options suitable for your diet.
Long story short, I was craving some sweet and sour something, and didn’t want to feel like crap afterwards – so I made my own. Safe to say, this hit the spot. I used honey to sweeten the sauce, so there is no refined sugars or artificial ingredients like the restaurant kind. It’s perfectly sweet with just a little spice! Yummmy…
Ingredients:
2 lbs wild shrimp
3/4 cup gluten free soy sauce
5 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/2 cup raw honey
2 tablespoons Sriracha
3 teaspoons sesame oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon red chili flakes
2 tablespoons tapioca flour or arrowroot starch + 1/2 cup hot water (this thickens the sauce)
serve with your choice of rice & veggies
Step 1
Wash, devein and remove tails from your shrimp. Set aside in refrigerator.
Step 2
Heat a medium saucepan over medium heat, and drizzle sesame oil to coat the pan, adding in your minced garlic. Once garlic is a little browned, whisk together all of the sauce ingredients, EXCEPT the tapioca/arrowroot starch & water.
Step 3
Bring sauce to a boil, then slowly whisk in tapioca/arrowroot starch & warm water mixture, turn onto low heat and simmer for about 5-10 minutes until sauce thickens.
Step 4
In a medium skillet, heat a little more sesame oil to coat pan, and on medium heat add in the shrimp. Sautee for a few minutes until shrimp turns pink, seasoning with salt to taste. Pour sauce mixture over the shrimp.
Step 5
Using the same skillet, I sautéed my veggies & added them in a bowl with cauliflower rice. You can eat the shrimp by itself or also make some rice and veggies to accompany it! Enjoy 🙂
Living Intuitively 