Sweet-and-sour shrimp in fruit sauce

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
2 pounds Large shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 cups Cubed pineapple
2 cups Cubed peeled papaya
1⅓ cup Fresh orange juice
¼ cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoons Lime juice
¼ cup White wine vinegar
4 teaspoons Cornstarch
cup Chopped fresh cilantro
6 cups Hot cooked long-grain rice

Directions

Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp; saute 5 minutes. Remove from skillet; set aside.

Combine pineapple and next 5 ingredients (pineapple through lime juice) in skillet.

Combine vinegar and cornstarch, stirring until well-blended; add to skillet. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 minute or until thickened, stirring constantly.

Return shrimp to skillet. Reduce heat to low, and cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro.

Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup shrimp mixture and 1 cup rice).

Per serving: 776 Calories; 5g Fat (6% calories from fat); 32g Protein; 148g Carbohydrate; 230mg Cholesterol; 596mg Sodium Serving Ideas : Serve over rice.

Recipe by: Cooking Light, April 1995, page 124 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #417 by igor@... on Jan 28, 1997.

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