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Sweet Chilli Shrimp Rice Bowls
Sticky shrimp. Friday sorted. Juicy shrimp in a sweet chilli, lime and soy glaze, spooned over fluffy rice with cool cucumber and green onion. Takeout-style comfort from one skillet.
30 minApprox. time
EasyEffort
4 servingsMakes
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Ingredients
Batch size
Choose a batch size above. Portion to your appetite.
Rice and bowls
Shrimp and glaze
Contains crustaceans, soy and usually wheat. Check the soy and sweet chilli sauce labels.
Let’s cook
Make it tonight.
Cook the rice
Put rice, water and salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for 12 minutes, or follow packet directions. Turn off heat and rest, covered, for 5 minutes.Mix and prep
Mix sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce, lime juice and garlic in a small bowl. Dice cucumber, slice green onions and pat shrimp dry.Sear the shrimp
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook shrimp in two batches for 2 minutes per side, until nearly opaque. Transfer each batch to a plate.Glaze
Reduce heat to medium. Return all shrimp to the skillet and add sauce. Toss for 1–2 minutes until glossy and shrimp are opaque throughout and reach 63°C / 145°F.Build the bowls
Fluff rice and divide between four bowls. Add shrimp and all the glaze. Finish with cucumber and green onions; serve hot.
Make it yours.
Using frozen shrimp
Thaw shrimp overnight in the fridge, then drain and pat dry. The 30-minute timing assumes thawed shrimp.
Choose your heat
Sweet chilli sauces vary. Pick a mild one for a gentler bowl; the lime keeps it bright.
Keep leftovers well
Refrigerate within 2 hours and use within 2 days. Store cucumber separately; reheat rice and shrimp until steaming hot.
Equipment
Lidded saucepan, large skillet, small bowl, knife, chopping board and food thermometer..
A note on the nutrition
The recipe, in pictures.
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