Sweet and Spicy Shrimp

On this blog, I'd like to showcase some of my more sucessful experiments in cooking. Coocking is as much an art as it is a science, so I like to freestyle as much as possible. My focus is on making easy recipies that are relatively cheap, mostly healthy. I do not shun frozen or canned foods, because often, they are of a nutitional quality comparable to fresh foods, with added convenience.

To begin, I'd like to share my sweet and spicy shrimp recipe.


Ingredients to serve 2:

• 250 gram of frozen peeled shrimp (8 €/kg in Macro = 2 €)
• 1 Red sweet bell pepper ( 1.5€ for 3 = 0.5 )
• About 5 leaves from a Chinese cabbage (1.5 € for one cabbage -> +- 0.5 €)
• A can of mushrooms (0.5 € )

Condiments:

• Soy Sauce
• Japanese Rice Vinegar (can be substituted by half water, half plain vinegar)
• Mirin (optional, can be substituted by sweet white Porto, or some sugar syrup)
• Paprika Powder
• Garlic Powder
• Pepper
• Salt
• Hot pepper sauce (like Tabasco)
• Cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons of raw cane sugar
• cooking oil (grapeseed oil reccomended)

Total price

• Less than 4 € or 2 € per person.

Recipe:

1. Cut the vegetables in small pieces.
2. Defrost and clean the shrimp.
3. Fry bell pepper and Chinese cabbage in a hot, oiled deep pan or wok. Stir often.
   
4. When starting to soften up, add the shrimp and the mushrooms.
   
5. Stir, and add all condiments to taste. Try to balance sweet, sour, and spicy tastes.
6. Keep on stirring. Serve when the shrimp is well done.