Sesame Orange Shrimp
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Everyday Food, June 2004
- Prep Time 25 minutes
- Total Time 25 minutes
- Yield Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 2 large egg whites
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil, plus more if needed
- 1 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 4 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced
Directions
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In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites, cornstarch, sesame seeds, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper until frothy. Add shrimp, and toss to coat.
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Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in two or three batches, cook shrimp until golden and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Add more oil to skillet if necessary for remaining batches.
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Wipe skillet with a paper towel. Add orange juice, soy sauce, and sugar. Boil over high heat until syrupy and reduced to about 1/3 cup, 4 to 5 minutes. Return shrimp to skillet; add scallions, and cook until heated through and coated with sauce, about 1 minute.
I thought this recipe was quite good! I added an additional tbsp of soy sauce and some red pepper flakes and the sauce really came alive.
I have to go along with the consensus that this recipe was OK, but had nothing to wow me. Not sure I would make it again. Shrimp were slightly crispy, but they and the sauce were bland. I have better shrimp recipes.
This dish is OK. Nothing out of this world, however with some tweeking perhaps it could be? I agree that the sauce is a little lack lustre, and when I had to reheat the prawns up in the second step of the recipe, they went a little soggy..
I fully intend to add garlic n' chilli's to my sauce- nothin' like a sweet and sticky chilli sauce :) And l.ittle dash more soy than it says is always good- naughty but good!
HMM? I wasn't really happy with the flavor of the sauce. It was missing something. The way the shrimp was prepared turned out nice and crispy. Next time I will maybe add more soy sauce and maybe garlic and sesame oil.
This dish blew my mind when my mom made it back in 1982, but I had it last week and it was like eating couch dust. I don't know, maybe something has changed....
this was good but not very exciting. stir-fried broccoli to go with it. for me, it lacked depth of flavor - maybe some garlic? i don't think this one will go on to have a spot in my recipe stash.
This is a great fast easy recipe! I didn't have sesame seeds, so I omitted them and to the sauce I added some red pepper flakes for some heat. Made some rice noodles and mixed them in with the sauce and shrimp. Delicious!
One of my favorites! I made this when it first appeared in Everyday Food a while back....absolutely love it, and it's always a family favorite. Even my picky "I'll never eat fish" daughter gobbles it up.
This was so delicious. My son gobbled it up. I served it with steamed broccoli and soy sauce for dipping. I decided against the orange/sugary sauce and it was still soooo yummy. We'll definitely be having this again!
jmhnath.... Don't spare the oil and make sure it is hot , 175 to 185 C. otherwise batter just absorbs the oil. Also, probably best to add shallots only to sauce and heat, then place shrimp on plate and pour sauce over so shrimp stay crispy.
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Best MS recipe ever! Have made this many times and always to rave reviews. Way better than take out.
Turned out Great! Added red pepper flakes and ginger to the sauce.
Grrr mine did not look like that after I cooked them, I'm not sure what I did wrong. The sesame seeds didn't really stick once I put the shrimp in the pan, maybe not enough oil? So a lot of the coating for the shrimp didn't stay on the shrimp. It still tasted okay but not as good as it was probably meant to.
YUMMY!! It's worth to cook!
Loved it! I served it with a mixture of leftover rice, carrots and fava beans. So easy, it's definitely going into my recipe file!
Really delicious! I served this shrimp on a healthy bed of organic couscous and went to heaven for awhile. Yum!