Lemongrass Shrimp

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5 from 3 votes

Lemongrass Shrimp - the EASIEST and BEST shrimp stir-fry recipe ever, with lemongrass onion and hoisin sauce.

Course: Vietnamese Recipes

Cuisine: Shrimp

Keyword: Lemongrass Shrimp

Servings: people

Calories: 281kcal

Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

1 1/2 tablespoons oil
1 small onion quartered
1 tablespoon lemongrass grated
3 bird-eye's chilies lightly pounded
10 oz (300g) shelled and deveined shrimp
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 teaspoon fish sauce
1/3 cup water
1 stalk scallion cut into rounds

Instructions

Heat up the wok with the oil. Add the onion, lemongrass, and bird's eye chilies into the wok and do a few quick stirs before adding the shrimp. Stir continuously until the shrimp is half-cooked, then add the hoisin sauce, fish sauce, water, stir to combine well.
When the sauce starts to bubble and the shrimp is cooked, add the scallion into the wok, stir a few times, dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice.

Notes

Use only the white part of the lemongrass. To grate, cut about 1-inch off the bottom part of the lemongrass, then grate with a fine grater such as Microplane. If you like your lemongrass shrimp spicier, lightly pound the bird's eye chilies with a cleaver so as to release the heat. If not, leave them whole.

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