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Sweet-and-Sour Shrimp in Fruit Sauce

Cooking Light

Photo: Howard L. Puckett; Styling: Connie Formby

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Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 cup shrimp mixture and 1 cup rice)

Ingredients

  • 1  tablespoon  vegetable oil
  • 2  pounds  large shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • 2  cups  cubed pineapple
  • 2  cups  cubed peeled papaya
  • 1 1/3  cups  fresh orange juice
  • 1/4  cup  sugar
  • 1  teaspoon  salt
  • 2  teaspoons  lime juice
  • 1/4  cup  white wine vinegar
  • 4  teaspoons  cornstarch
  • 1/3  cup  chopped fresh cilantro
  • 6  cups  hot cooked long-grain rice

Preparation

Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add shrimp; sauté 5 minutes. Remove from skillet; set aside.

Combine pineapple and next 5 ingredients (pineapple through lime juice) in skillet. Combine vinegar and cornstarch, stirring until well-blended; add to skillet. Bring to a boil, and cook 1 minute or until thickened, stirring constantly.

Return shrimp to skillet. Reduce heat to low, and cook 1 minute or until thoroughly heated, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in cilantro. Serve over rice.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
479 (9% from fat)
Fat:
4.9g (sat 0.8g,mono 1g,poly 2g)
Protein:
29.1g
Carbohydrate:
77.9g
Fiber:
2.9g
Cholesterol:
180mg
Iron:
5.2mg
Sodium:
571mg
Calcium:
110mg
Greg Patent, Cooking Light, APRIL 1995