Weeknight Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry
Weeknight Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry is an easy 30 minute one pan wonder. You’ll be amazed at how quickly it comes together along with it’s incredible fresh flavor.
Hey everyone, once again it’s time for Freaky Friday! Can I get a WOOP WOOP?!! If you’re new here, this is the day when some of my blogging friends and myself get together and each cook something from someone else’s blog.
Then we share ALL of those recipes with YOU. My good friend, Michaela, from An Affair from the Heart is the creator of this event and she is the one who coordinates everything. It’s an event that takes place four times a year.
It’s such a great way for all of you to be introduced to some new blogs and lots of tasty recipes. You can find the links to everyone’s recipes by scrolling down towards the bottom of the post.
This round I was assigned to Sheila from Life Love and Good Food . Let me tell you, she has some incredible looking food!
She specializes in sharing quick and easy recipes with clear instructions that are easy for home cooks to understand. Among the recipes she shares on her website, you’ll find many family favorite recipes. She’s also a cookbook author and has a cookbook dedicated to easy chicken recipes.
As you might imagine, it was difficult to choose just one recipe to make. I really enjoyed browsing through her recipes and definitely have more that I would like to try.
Here are a few other recipes of Sheila’s that I have on my list to try:
- Chicken Florentine Pizza
- Braised Beef Short Ribs with Gnocchi
- Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas with Chimichurri
- Easy Skillet Vegetable Lasagna
With all of those delicious sounding recipes, you can imagine how difficult it was to choose just one. But I finally settled on her Shrimp Broccoli Stir Fry. I ended up choosing this recipe because it sounded so tasty, as well as perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal dinner.
As the recipe suggested, it was SO quick and easy to make and the flavor was outstanding. The meal was quickly devoured by my family. As far as the easy part goes, from start to finish, this recipe took only a quick 30 minutes.
When you make this recipe, you want to make sure that all of your ingredients are lined up and ready to go. Once you start stir frying it goes very quickly. To keep things easy for myself, I used a bag of broccoli florets rather than cutting up a head of broccoli.
I used frozen shrimp, so while I was prepping the recipe of the ingredients, I defrosted it in a bowl of cool water. Once the shrimp was defrosted, I made sure to dry it off really well so that the cornstarch would stick to it.
I served this stir fry over rice and to make it really easy, I used pre-cooked frozen rice. You could also use a pre-cooked shelf stable rice packet to keep things easy. If you cook the rice yourself, you’ll want to make sure it’s simmering before you start the stir fry so that it’s ready at the same time as the stir fry.
Ingredients Needed for Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry
Full instructions can be found below in the printable recipe card
- Medium shrimp
- Corn starch
- Oil
- Green onions
- Ginger
- Garlic
- Broccoli
- Red bell pepper
- Soy sauce
- Rice vinegar
- Honey
- Crushed red pepper flakes
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- Life, Love & Good Food – Pan Seared Scallops
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Weeknight Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry
Weeknight Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry is an easy 30 minute one pan wonder. You’ll be amazed at how quickly it comes together along with it’s incredible fresh flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 1/2 tbsp canola oil, divided
- 1/4 cup green onions, cut diagonally into 1-inch pieces
- 2 tsp minced fresh ginger
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1/2 medium bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/8 tsp crushed red pepper
- Cooked rice
- sesame seeds - optional
Instructions
- With a paper towel, blot shrimp dry and place in a medium bowl.
- Sprinkle shrimp with cornstarch, tossing to coat.
- Heat a large skillet or wok over high heat.
- Add 1 tsp of oil to the pan, swirling to coat.
- Add coated shrimp to the pan and cook for about 4 minutes, stirring constantly until the shrimp are opaque and a light golden color.
- Transfer shrimp to a plate.
- Add 1 1/2 tsp oil to pan, swirling to coat.
- Add green onions, ginger and garlic. Stir fry until fragrent, about 45 seconds.
- Remove from pan and add to the plate of shrimp.
- Add remaining tbsp oil to pan.
- Add broccoli and red pepper to the pan.
- Stir fry for 2 minutes.
- Add shrimp and onion mixture back to the pan.
- Pour in soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey and red pepper flakes.
- Cook for another minute or so, until the broccoli is crisp tender and the sauce has thickened.
- Serve over rice.
- Garnish with sesame seeds if desired.
Notes
This recipe cooks up very quickly, so you'll want to make sure you have everything prepped and ready to go before you start cooking.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 365Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 239mgSodium: 1683mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 4gSugar: 3gProtein: 32g
This is perfection!! Its packed with huge flavor but comes together so quickly! This is going on next weeks dinner plan.
30 minute meals are my go-to favorite mid-week recipes. Came over to see if frozen shrimp is ok to use since I have it in my freezer. Yippee – will make this one tonight.
@Sandra Shaffer, Yes, frozen shrimp is just fine! That’s what I used in the recipe. I just defrosted it in a bowl of cold water before cooking it.
Lisa
I have been on the hunt for more easy and delicious weeknight dinner options for us so I’m definitely saving this one to try next week!
All of my favorite aspects of a recipe; easy, quick and DELICIOUS! So yummy!!!
So much better than our neeighborhood takeout and if Im honest, it was cooked and on my table faster than getting it too! Definitely going to keep making this because we all LOVED it!
This looks so good! I love one pan meals and can’t wait to try it out.
Shrimp is perfect for a busy night as it’s easy to thaw if frozen and cooks quick!
This is delicious and packed with flavor! We made it for an easy dinner Saturday while helping my daughter decorate. It was easy and the whole family loved it!
Oh – Sheila’s blog is such a good one! Love this recipe – definitely added it to my weeknight menu this week!
@Heather, You’re so sweet! ~Sheila
Lisa, I’m so glad you enjoyed my recipe for Broccoli Shrimp Stir Fry! It’s definitely one of our favorites and so00oo easy, too! Thanks so much for a lovely write-up!
Made this for dinner tonight since the kids had swim practice and it was a hit! So easy and filling!
Now I’m wondering why I don’t use shrimp more often, this is such a great recipe! So much flavor and I loved how easy it is. Broccoli and shrimp are such a great combo! Thanks for the great recipe!
We tried this tonight for dinner and it was a HUGE hit!! My family loves ANYTHING with shrimp and rice and this here recipe is going straight into our regular rotation!
This looks so fresh and healthy! Love easy and quick, DELICIOUS weeknight meals like this!
I love easy to make recipes that don’t skimp on the flavor! Going to have my boys help make this recipe too.