Name: Hot Honey Shrimp
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup reduced sodium soy sauce; 2 tablespoon brown sugar; 2 tablespoon rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon hot honey, or to taste; 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1/4 cup water; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 pound colossal shrimp - peeled, deveined, patted dry; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 2 teaspoon vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds (reserved for garnish)

Hot Honey Shrimp

This hot honey shrimp has a dazzling flavor profile—sticky, tangy, and just a little sweet heat. Serve as an appetizer, on skewers if you like, or feel free to add the shrimp to some stir fry vegetables for dinner.

10 min total 10 min prep 8 121 cal

Instructions

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1 Stir soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, water, and cornstarch together in a small bowl. Set aside.
2 Pat shrimp dry with a paper towel. Season with salt and pepper.
3 Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil; once oil is shimmering, cook shrimp until tails begin to curl, about 3 minutes.
4 Pour in sauce; bring to a simmer and cook until shrimp is bright pink and opaque and sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes.
5 Sprinkle with black sesame seeds and serve.