clean shrimp ‘fried’ rice

So I feel like every time I write I am apologizing for being MIA and at the risk of sounding like a broken record…I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting the blog lately. Summer school started last week and I am splitting my time between two summer internships and I am trying to get the main vendors booked for the wedding (more on that tomorrow). But I did ask for a main ingredient suggestion and I got quite a few requests for shrimp. I love seafood but I don’t cook it often because it is so expensive to get it fresh in Arizona and I don’t really like frozen shrimp.

I decided to bite the bullet for you guys and bought a package of frozen, raw, de-veined and de-tailed shrimp. I knew I wanted to make ‘fried’ rice and so I just threw this together (no recipe beforehand). It took about 15 minutes and made a ton of food. It also passed the ‘Fatkid’ test so that’s always a plus You could easily make this with whatever protein you want so feel free to sub chicken, tofu, steak, etc.

Ingredients:

• 1 tspn evoo
• 3 eggs
• 1 package frozen, raw shrimp
• 1 package frozen carrots and peas
• 2 cups chopped broccilli
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 cloves garlic diced
• brown rice cooked (I used 1 cup measured prior to cooking)
• 2 tbsp Bragg’s Liquid Amino Acids
• 1/2 tbsp chili garlic paste

Directions:

• Cook the rice and set aside.
• Scramble the eggs and set aside.
• Cook the shrimp and set aside.
• Put the olive oil, garlic, onion and broccoli in a large pan and cook until soft.
• Add the carrots and peas to the pan and stir until warm.
• Add the rice, shrimp, egg, Bragg’s and chili paste and mix well until all ingredients are equally hot.
• Serve.

Super  easy and plenty for left overs. I would recommend getting the raw shrimp so that when you cook it, it is the first time it is heated up – this keeps it from getting overcooked when you are putting it in a hot dish.