Tropical Shrimp Rice Bowl

25 February 2020 Bookmark • 0

Unbelievably delicious and aromatic tropical shrimp rice bowl. This dish is made with juicy shrimp, sweet pineapples, and a lovely candy, tangy, and spicy sauce.

PINEAPPLE SHRIMP RICE BOWL

I’m nevertheless drooling as I have a look at this Tropical Shrimp Rice Bowl, this is one tasty dinner. Don’t get me started out on the aroma of the sauce, i was smelling my palms for a while after preparing it.

Tropical Shrimp Rice Bowl

I just love that mixture of sweetness, spice, and citrus. Lime already has a amazing scent and mixing it with pineapple juice, soy sauce, honey, clean cilantro, and a touch spice creates a outstanding, aromatic sauce.

Aroma always performs this sort of huge role in training of meals. It’s what entices us first approximately the food, makes us prevent and take another observe what the odor is, and makes us strive it. I simply love the heady scent of my preferred components on my fingers. some human beings hate the odor of garlic on their palms however i really like it. I frequently run a basil leaf between my hands too, to get that garlic basil fragrance. (No wonder i love pesto a lot.)

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups cooked rice
1/2 Tbsp fresh minced cilantro
Salt

Shrimp:

1/2 lb shrimp
2 tsp lime juice
2 Tbsp pineapple juice
1/4 tsp chili powder
Salt

Sauce:

8 oz can of pineapple chunks drain but save the juice
1/2 cup pineapple juice
1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1 Tbsp honey
Zest from 1 lime
Juice from 1 lime
1/2 tsp chili powder
1 Tbsp fresh minced cilantro

INSTRUCTIONS:

Cook rice in slightly salted water, according to the package instructions. Stir in some fresh cilantro and set aside. (Divide rice between two bowls when ready to serve.)
For the sauce: mix together pineapple juice, soy sauce, honey, lime juice, lime zest, chili powder, and cilantro. Set aside until ready to use.
Peel, de-vein, and rinse shrimp. Mix shrimp with lime juice, pineapple juice, chili powder, and salt in a bowl and let it sit while preheating a cooking pan.
Preheat a cooking pan with about a tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, sear shrimp until pink and opaque on both sides. Take out and set aside. (You can save the juice from marinating the shrimp and add it to the sauce.)
Add a little bit more oil to the pan and add drained pineapple chunks. Sear pineapple chunks until nicely browned. Lower the hear to medium.
Stir and add sauce to the pan. Stir and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Quickly stir in shrimp and divide the shrimp, pineapple, and sauce mixture over the two rice bowls.