Steamed shrimp with special sauce

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Large prawns or shrimp
2 smalls Red or green hot peppers
Seeded and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons Light soy sauce
1 tablespoon Hot peanut oil

Directions

Place the shrimp, shell still intact, in a bamboo steamer rack. Have the water in the steamer boiling before you put the shrimp rack in teh stamer. Steam until the shrimp change color and are hot all the way through, about 6 minutes. In the meantime, clean the peppers for the sauce by removing the seeds and slicing the pods. Place the slices in a small dish and add the soy. Heat the peanut oil in a wok until is it just smoking hot. Pour the oil into the peppers. Be careful with this it tends to splatter. Serve the shrimp on a large platter with the sauce in a dipping dish in the center of the platter. Each guest will shell the shrimp and dip in the sauce From the Frugal Gourmet's column in The Valley Daily News

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