Vegetable & Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe

Before our veggies went bad, I decided to make a stir fry to throw it all in one pot and not let anything go to waste. We went to our local produce market and bought fresh shrimp. They were nice and plump and pretty cheap. I used (as always) a random measurement of varied spices to taste and accompanied with rice and corn (just to save the rice and corn from being worm food).

We had enough for 2 or 3 meals. Good recipe, fast, simple and healthy! It’d be just fine without rice and corn :)

INGREDIENTS – All veggies cut into strips

Shiitake Mushrooms

White mushrooms

Celery

Carrots

Zucchini

Cabbage

Tomatoes

Eggplant

Chayote (here’s what that looks like)

Asparagus

Red Peppers

Orange Peppers

Yellow Peppers

White Onions

Bean Sprouts

1 lb of medium size shrimp

1 tablespoon of Old Bay Seasoning

Some oregano, pepper, cilantro, cayenne, cumin, basil and salt to taste

1/4 cup Teriyaki sauce

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 tablespoon of Olive Oil (for veggies)

1 teaspoon of Olive oil (for shrimp)

1/2 Lime

DIRECTIONS

Here all the spices I used:

Squeeze the lime on the shrimp once it’s cooked and let it marinade with your choice of spices. I used oregano, Old Bay, and pepper.

Cut all veggies into thin strips. On a big pan or stir fry pan, heat oil at medium, once oil is hot, add minced garlic and wait 1-2 minutes until it’s golden. Put all veggies into the pan and stir often for about 5 minutes. Add spices, and teriyaki sauce, stir some more and cook until they are soft but still crunchy. Turn heat to low to keep it warm and juicy, don’t let them dry out.

While veggies are cooking, add shrimp in another pan with another 1 teaspoon of olive oil and let it soak in all the spices. Cook for about 4-5 minutes. Don’t over cook…I hate chewy shrimp.Once shrimp is cooked, put aside. Continue cooking the vegetables and then add the shrimp when they are ready. Mix thoroughly and serve.

This will actually taste better the next day as left overs! Rice is perfect with it :) Enjoy!

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