Microwave Shrimp

Ingredients

• 12 oz frozen shrimp, defrosted
• ½ cup chicken stock
• 4 tbsp salad oil
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• ¼ tsp dry ground ginger
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 can 8 oz tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1½ tsp cornstarch
• ¼ cup soy sauce
• 2 tomatoes

Method

1. Preheat 2 tablespoons oil, garlic and ginger in the microwave 4 minutes. Remove the garlic. Stir in the shrimp and toss to coat with the oil. Cook 2 minutes.
2. Cook the celery and onion in 2 tablespoons oil 4 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time. Blend the green pepper and shrimp with the celery-onion mixture.
3. Mix together the tomato sauce, sugar, salt, cornstarch, soy sauce and chicken stock and stir into the shrimp mixture. Cook, covered, 5 minutes, stirring once. Cut the tomatoes in eighths and blend in. Cook 1 minute more.

Notes

Serve Oriental style over hot rice. Serves 4. From Rosauers (Seafood SF-14).

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