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Spiced Snow Pea-Wrapped Shrimp
You don't need to serve these highly flavored shrimp bites with a dipping sauce. If you choose to, plain soy sauce makes a perfect compliment.
Spiced Snow Pea-Wrapped Shrimp
About This Recipe
| Yield: | 10 (2 per person) |
| This recipe appears in: | Serious Entertaining: Small Bites to Pair with Sparkling Wine |
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 20 uncooked large shrimp, peeled, deveined
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Procedures
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1
Combine shrimp, garlic, ginger, 5 spice powder, salt and oil in a medium sized bowl, and toss until everything's covered. Marinate for up to four hours.
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2
Boil a pot of water and add the snow peas to blanch. Drain and run cold water over the peas.
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3
Cook shrimp in saute pan for roughly three minutes, or until cooked through. Cool to room temperature.
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4
Wrap one snow pea around each shrimp and secure in place with a skewer or toothpick.
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5
Refrigerate before serving.
