Vietnamese Caramelized Shrimp
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 pounds extra large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
- 3 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Combine fish sauce, dark brown sugar, crushed red pepper flakes and water in a bowl and whisk until brown sugar is dissolved.
- Heat vegetable oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook a few minutes more. Do not brown.
- Turn heat up to medium-high and add shrimp. Cook, stirring frequently, until shrimp are just barely pink and still translucent in spots, a few minutes. Add fish sauce mixture, turn heat down to medium, and simmer until shrimp are cooked through, a few minutes more. Off the heat, stir in scallions. Serve immediately with jasmine rice.