Usually when my parents go on vacation, they ask me to pick them up from the airport. Whenever I do, I want to make sure that they come home to a nice home cooked meal. This time, I did not have time to prepare or go to the grocery store. Pressed for time, I had no idea what to make. I knew it had to be something quick and with ingredients on hand. Looking in my fridge I saw a bag of shrimp in the freezer (which defrosts pretty quickly) and I saw  a bunch of veggies, in which stir fry came to mind!  I decided to just throw a bunch of ingredients as the sauce, which to my surprised, came out really good! If you’re looking for a quick meal to make, this is it!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of chopped shallots
• 2 cloves of garlic minced.
• 1 stalk of bok choy chopped (leaves and stems separated)
• 1/2 a package of mushrooms quartered
• 1 cup of sliced veggies
• 1 can of water chestnuts (drained)
• 12 oz bag of shrimp (71-90)
• 2 tbs low sodium soy sauce
• 2 tbs oyster sauce
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp of shaoxing wine
• pinch of sugar
• pinch of five spice
• 2 tsp of corn starch mixed with 4 tsp of water (slurry)
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Green onions for garnish

Instructions:

1. Heat oil and saute shallots and garlic.
2. Once fragrant, add veggies, mushrooms, and bok choy stems.
3. Add water chestnuts.
4. Once vegetables are semi cooked, add the shrimp.
5. Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, shaoxing wine, sugar, and five spice.
6. When shrimp is cooked through, add bok choy leaves and sauce mixture.
7. Add slurry to thicken sauce.
8. Once sauce thickens, garnish with green onions.

*Serve with rice.