How To Cook Chinese Black Pepper Shrimps

Ingredients

Stir Fry 

• 3/4 tablespoons neutral oil
• 1/4 pound shrimp (peeled and deveined) 
  
  
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ginger (minced)
• 1/8 medium onion (sliced)
• 1/4 medium bell peppers (chopped into 1 1/2 inch chunks)

Black Pepper Sauce

• 1/8 cup chicken stock (or water)
• 1/4 tablespoon oyster sauce 
• 1/4 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cornstarch

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, combine all the black pepper sauce ingredients and set it aside.
2. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok or saucepan over medium-high heat. Fry the shrimps in two batches, cooking each batch on both sides for 30 seconds. Transfer them to a plate, leaving the oil behind. 
   

   

   
   
   
3. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, ginger and garlic. Stir-fry it for 10 seconds. 

   

   
   Add onions and bell peppers. Stir-fry them for another 2 minutes. 

   

   

   
   

   
   
4. Stir the sauce mixture and then add it to the wok. Continue to stir-fry it untill it starts bubbling. 

   
   

   
   
5. Return the cooked shrimps to the wok and mix everything well together for 1 minute. 

   
   
6. Serve the dish immediately!