Re: One-pot dish

Michael Trew wrote:

On 11/15/2024 6:35 PM, Carol wrote:

This just seemed a simple recipe some might like.  I do but with
some adaptions.
 
One-Pan Shrimp And Green Bean Stir-Fry
Ingredients
for 2 servings
 
neutral oil, as needed
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 cup chopped broccoli
1 cup green beans
1 cup sliced carrots
Stir-Fry Sauce
 
½ cup soy sauce
¼ cup honey
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon ginger
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
cooked rice, for serving
Preparation
Make the stir-fry sauce: In a small bowl, mix together the soy
sauce, honey, garlic, ginger, and sesame seeds.
 
Heat a drizzle of oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat, then add
the shrimp and stir until just pink on the outside.
 
Pour the sauce into the pan and toss to coat the shrimp meat.
Once the sauce is bubbling, add the broccoli, green beans, and
carrots to the pan and stir again to coat. Cook until the
vegetables are tender.
 
Serve over rice or alone.
 
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My adoptions:
Use Gai Lan (stem and leaves) chopped bite sized for broccoli.
 
Reduce honey or omit and use Jufran in it's place (I want it less
sweet).  In a pinch, use a not very sweet ketchup with a little
Korean red pepper flake or Perivian Chile Lime to give a nice heat
(but not too much, both can pack a lot of heat so I use pinches).

 
That sounds like a tasty, simple stir-fry (as long as the broccoli
isn't cooked soft).  I had to look up Jufran, I've never head of it.
Banana catsup?

Oh sorry!  I'd talked about Jufran with 'D' quite a bit so didn't mean
to confuse you.  Chances are if you have a reasonably decent ethnic
nook/aisle where you shop, they will have Jufran or UTC brand.  Glass
bottle like the old Heinz tomato stuff.  Jufran is made with bananas
but it doesn;t taste at all like banana.  Some other version?  Not as
sweet as most tomato ketchups and comes mild/medium/hot.  The hot isn't
super hot.

Looking at the profile they used pink shrimp, orange carrots, and 2
green veggies.  If any of their choices aren't liked, swap them out but
try to keep it a bit colorful.  The sauce will be a darkish red (if
Jufran used) so for contrast, 1/2 yellow bell pepper or yellow banana
pepper would look nice in place of any other veggie you don't like.

Don's list of greens he likes:  Gai Lan (hush, he doesn't know it's
Chinese broccoli), you choy/ choy sum, baby bok choy (he's ok with
'adult' mature bok choy too), peas, green beans, bell peppers of any
color, and mustard greens.  I just swap about as needed here.