How to Cook Shrimp and Broccoli

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb broccoli florets 
  
  
  
• 1/2 ib headless shrimps, shelled and deveined 
  
  
  
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced

Sauce

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon corn starch
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 3 dashes ground white pepper

Instructions

1. Combine all sauce ingredients in a bowl, whisk well and set it aside. 
   
   
   
2. Wash and rinse the broccoli with running water.
3. Heat up a pot of water and bring it to a boil. Cook the broccoli florets for 1 minute and transfer them to a bowl of ice-cold water. Cool it down for 5 minutes, drain and set it aside.
4. Rinse and pat dry shrimps with paper towels.
5. Heat the wok or skillet on high heat, and add the oil. 

   

   
   
6. When the oil is heated, add the garlic and stir-fry it untill aromatic or when it becomes light brown. 

   

   
   
7. Add the shrimps and stir it for a few times untill cooked through or turn pink. 

   

   
   

   

   
   
8. Turn the heat to medium-low.
9. Give the sauce a little bit of stir before adding it into the skillet. 

   
   
10. Add the broccoli and sauce.

    

    
    
11. Stir the broccoli and sauce together continuously for 1 minute untill the sauce thickens. 

    
    
12. Turn off the heat and dish out. Serve immediately.