Shrimp with Sweet Chili Sauce

Ingredients (2-3 servings)

• 12 med-large shrimp (raw, peeled and deveined)
• shrimp marinade (1 tsp salt, 1tbsp sake, 1tsp pepper)
• 1 tbsp each minced ginger and garlic
• 1/2 tbsp hot pepper paste 豆板醤
• Sauce: (1cup chicken soup, 4 tbsp ketchup, 1tbsp sugar, 2tbsp sake, 1/2tsp salt
• 1tbsp Mirin, 1tbsp corn starch, 1tsp soy sauce)

Direction:

1) put together all the ingredients for shrimp marinade (except for corn starch) in a bowl and mix until it has a whipped cream texture. Mix in corn starch and shrimp and lightly mix

2) heat 1/4 cup of oil until very hot and stir fry shrimp. set them aside

3) Clean the wok/frying pan and heat 1 tbsp of oil. put in ginger, garlic and hot pepper paste and stir them well. Then add sauce mixture into the pan and check the taste.

4) put the shrimp back in the wok/pan and lightly coat the shrimp with the sauce.

5) when the shrimp is all coated with the sauce, add corn starch/water mixture and boil to thicken the sauce