Jade And Coral Almond Shrimp Food

ALMOND SHRIMP WITH AMARETTO BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat butter in skillet until golden brown, then saute onion in butter until translucent and barely browned.
• Add shrimp and saute about 5 minutes.
• Add amaretto, almonds and salt and cook on medium heat for another 4 to 5 minutes.
• Serve alone as an elegant appetizer, or over angel hair pasta as an entree.

JADE AND CORAL ALMOND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients and pour over shrimp.
• Let shrimp marinate for 10 minutes while assembling remaining ingredients.
• Heat 1 T oil in a large frying pan.
• Add almonds to oil and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until browned and crisp, then remove almonds from pan.
• Add green or red pepper to pan and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
• Add green onion to pepper and stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes.
• Remove pepper and onion from pan and set aside.
• Heat remaining 1 T oil in skillet until hot.
• Remove shrimp from marinade (reserve marinade) and stir-fry for 2- 3 minutes or until shrimp turns pink.
• Add reserved marinade, pepper and onions, peas, and water, and stir-fry for an additional 2 minutes more, until peas are heated through.
• Top with reserved almonds before serving.

GARLIC ALMOND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Drain oranges, reserving juice; set oranges aside. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch, salt, ginger and reserved juice until smooth. Stir in soy sauce; set aside., In a large nonstick skillet or wok, stir-fry the peas, mushrooms and onion in oil for 2-3 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add shrimp and garlic; stir-fry 3 minutes longer. , Stir cornstarch mixture and add to the pan. Add oranges. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with almonds. Serve with rice if desired.

CASHEW SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat oil in lg skillet; add shrimp, green onions, and red pepper.
• Saute for 3 minutes.
• Add peas, broth, salt and ginger.
• Cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Mix soy sauce and cornstarch; Stir in to shrimp and cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir in the cashews.

EL GAUCHO'S WICKED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Coat prawns in flour.
• Heat clarified butter or vegetable oil on high heat.
• Add prawns to saute pan.
• Coat with steak seasoning (your favorite store brand like Lawry's or Johnny's will work fine).
• Add garlic to pan.
• To make the spice mixture, mix cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, red pepper flakes, thyme, rosemary and oregano.
• Grind them together in a spice grinder or food processor.
• Top prawns with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the spice mixture.
• Add white wine, beer and Worcestershire sauce to pan.
• Simmer 2-3 minutes until prawns are cooked.
• Swirl in butter to finish the sauce.
• Serve with a thick rustic bread.

SEASONED BREADED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Marinate shrimp up to over night. Mix breadcrumbs with spices. Coat each shrimp with breading. Place in single layer baking dish. Save marinade.
• Stir melted butter and olive oil with remaining marinade. Pour over shrimp.
• Bake 400 for 13 -15 minutes.
• Serve as an appetizer with crackers or as a meal with rice and vegetable.

COOL ORIENTAL CUCUMBER SALAD

Steps:

• For dressing, mix first 8 ingredients in a container and shake well.
• Refrigerate for a couple of hours to blend the flavors.
• Slice onion very thin and place in ice water for half hour.
• Dry onion with paper towels before using.
• Peel cucumbers and slice thin.
• Place in a bowl, pour on dressing and mix well.
• Peel and slice avocado.
• Arrange cucumbers (don't pour out the dressing), onion, and avocado individually on a plate (they can be mixed but I like the way they look individually).
• Drizzle the remaining dressing on the onion and avocado.
• Sprinkle with sesame seeds or peanuts.

ORANGE - ALMOND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Toast almonds in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Remove to a plate and set aside.
• Warm oil in the same skillet over medium high heat.
• Add shallots to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or until soft.
• Stir in marmalade, soy sauce and pepper.
• Place raw shrimp in pan. reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 10 minutes or until the shrimp have turned pink.
• Top with almonds and orange slices, if using.
• Serve over rice or your choice of noodles.

SWEDISH MEATBALLS WITH SECRET INGREDIENT

Steps:

• Put eggs, spices and minced onion in a bowl, mix it all together.
• Add meat, mix well so everything is nicely blended.
• Shape small meatballs and brown them on all sides.
• Cook over medium heat until liquids run clear of blood.
• Add the beef stock, kitchen bouquet, salt and pepper, and fennel seeds and simmer on low heat about 20 minutes.
• In a small bowl mix the 1/4 cup of water and the flour well for a thickner.
• Add the thickner to the meat stirring constantly.
• Cook until the the sauce thickens.
• Add the cream and just heat until the cream is blended well and hot.
• Be careful not to let it boil or it will curdle the cream.