Shrimps with Chili and Mangoes
Luscious ripe mango and crunchy green onions, spiced with hot chili and fresh ginger, give a sweet and sour Asian flavour to the large, stir-fried shrimps featured in this exuberant dish.
3–4 green onions
1 inch piece fresh root ginger
1 clove garlic
1 small, hot, fresh red chili
2 mangoes
2 teaspoons tomato purée
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons medium sherry
1⁄2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
4–6 red oak-leaf or other looseleaf lettuce leaves
2 tablespoons peanut oil
Salt and black pepper
- Make a deep cut along the back of each shrimp. Remove the dark intestinal vein, then set them aside.
- Rinse, dry, and trim the green onions and slice them diagonally; peel and grate the ginger; peel and crush the garlic; rinse, halve, deseed, and slice the chili. Put them all into a bowl and set aside.
- Peel the mangoes, then remove the flesh from the stones and cut it into 1⁄4 in. (5mm) thick slices.
- Mix the tomato purée, soy sauce, sherry, and sesame oil in a small bowl.
- Rinse and dry the lettuce leaves and arrange them on individual serving plates. Set aside.
- Heat the peanut oil in a wok or large frying pan. Add the green onion mixture and stir-fry for 1 minute. Add the shrimps and continue stir-frying until they are just beginning to turn pink. Add the mango slices and stir-fry until the shrimps turn completely pink and unfold, and the mango is heated through. Divide mixture among the serving plates.
- Add the soy sauce mixture to the wok and bring it to the boil. Season to taste, then spoon over the shrimps with chili and mangoes and serve.
Serves 4
PER SERVING
calories 198
carbohydrate 21 g (including sugar 20 g)
protein 13 g
fat 7 g (saturated fat 1 g)
Good source of vitamins A, B group, C, and E.
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