We've started a tradition in our family where each school age child gets to cook once a week. That includes choosing what we eat that night. Last night was Orion's turn to cook and so we started by looking at what meat he wanted to cook, he chose shrimp. He knew he wanted to serve it on a bed of rice with Asparagus. I asked what type of seasoning he wanted on the shrimp, I for the most part let them choose all of the ingredients however I will stop them if they wanted to add say 'cinnamon' to shrimp. He said he wanted to use Honey, Garlic, Ginger and Soy sauce. So we started to get the ingredients all out. He used a microplane to grate the ginger and a garlic press for the garlic. It is so fun seeing the kids take charge and be so excited for what they're making, also being the Chef for the night allows them to pick different sous-chef duties for the other kids in the family.
Honey Shrimp
1 lb shrimp
1/3 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp grated ginger
1 head of garlic pressed
In medium bowl whisk together your sauce ingredients.
Add shrimp to the bowl coating them well and refrigerate and let marinate for 20+ minutes.
Heat a skillet over medium high heat, add the shrimp to the skillet.
Reserve the leftover sauce
Reserve the leftover sauce
Cook on both sides about 2 to 3 minutes per side until shrimp turns pink and is cooked.
Remove shrimp and set aside
Pour the leftover sauce back into the skillet and cook a couple minutes until sauce reduces and thickens, this makes an excellent dip for the shrimp or you can drizzle over top of your shrimp.
