Coconut, Chile, And Lime Shrimp - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 cups water
    1 cup jasmine rice
    1/2 teaspoon coconut oil
    2 limes
    16 tail-on jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
    1 tablespoon ground chile pepper
    2 baby bok choy, cut into bite-sized pieces
    1 carrot, peeled and cut into matchsticks
    1/2 red bell pepper, cut into matchsticks
    1 scallion, thinly sliced
    2 tablespoons peanut butter
    2 tablespoons sriracha sauce
Preparation
    Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
    Melt coconut oil in a skillet over high heat while rice cooks. Squeeze juice of 1 lime into the skillet. Add shrimp and cook for 1 minute. Sprinkle some chile powder over the shrimp. Flip shrimp and cook for 25 seconds more. Transfer shrimp to a container. Sprinkle with more chile powder and a bit more lime juice. Cover and toss. Keep covered to keep warm.
    Reheat skillet over medium-high heat. Toss in bok choy, carrot, red bell pepper, and scallion. Stir in peanut butter and sriracha sauce; cook for 1 minute. Add cooked rice. Toss well to ensure that everything is coated evenly.
    Spoon rice onto a plate and place shrimp on top. Squeeze juice of the second lime over the finished plates. Zest 1 lime over the shrimp.

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