Easy Shrimp and Broccoli Stir Fry
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The easiest stir fry you will ever make in just 20 min – it doesn’t get easier (or quicker) than that! 287.3 calories.
Stir fry recipes are the best. They are so versatile and you can pretty much use whatever lingering ingredient you have in your fridge.
But I decided to keep this stir fry nice and simple. Just shrimp and broccoli.
Because believe it or not, these two ingredients are a match made in heaven. And in less than 20 minutes, you’ll really have this on the dinner table in no time.
Just be sure to have some brown rice available – cooking the rice will take longer than making this actual dish!
Easy Shrimp and Broccoli Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 24 ounces broccoli florets*
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
For the sauce
- 3 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, sesame oil, cornstarch and Sriracha, if using; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium high heat. Add shrimp, and cook, stirring occasionally, until pink, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add broccoli, and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in soy sauce mixture until well combined and slightly thickened, about 1-2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onion and sesame seeds, if desired.
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This is my all time favorite!!! I’ve made this dish many times for my family. THEY LOVE IT! But this time I added chicken. I accidentally brought very thin cut chicken breast and it works out just right!!
Delicious! I added a little more garlic and it tastes just like the dish I get at my local Chinese restaurant but I can feed my family of 3 for the cost of 1 meal at the restaurant. Thank you!
The sauce was perfect. I had been wanting to get this balance of flavors. It was all good. Thanks.
This sauce is delicious and so simple. Coats everything completely and when you get a hit of that fresh ginger it send your taste buds into overdrive. Going to try it as a chicken marinade, minus the corn starch. thanks for sharing it.
Excellent recipe we do this dish once a week love it!
OMG!!! I was hosting a large gathering for a Canada Day celebration last night and wanted to add a little something extra to my menu of steak, chicken and pasta. I totally fluked into finding this recipe on Pinterest and decided to give it a try since I already had a ton of shrimp. I had never made it before last night. And it was a HUGE hit! First time trying it and I made a double batch and there are zero left overs! Such a fabulous recipe! I did par boil the broccoli and used pre cooked shrimp which made the cooking time even faster and nothing dried out! It was delicious! Will definitely find its way into my regular meal rotation. – Thank you
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We loved this sauce. I doubled the sauce and added extra broccoli, carrots and mushrooms because we are big vegetable eaters. I was concerned about the review that said the shrimp got overcooked and lacked flavor so I followed a NYT recipe that called for a quick soak in salt water and then cooking the shrimp first in hot oil and removing. I kept them warm and added back in to sauce and veg when they were slightly softened.. It was a hit! Daughter who frequents,Chicago’s Chinatown loved it.
Thanks for the recipe -its a keeper. Best news is I have enough left for tonight!
I would not recommend this recipe. Wish I had read it more closely before ruining a lb of shrimp. Maybe it would be good if you actually cooked the shrimp in the sauce from the getgo but adding it at the end means that little to no flavor actually gets in the shrimp. Also whose broccoli cooks in 5 minutes? Really bummed.
Try steaming the broccoli first, but don’t overdo it because it will turn to mush. Also try marinading the shrimp in the sauce for about 15 minutes so it absorbs some of the flavor. I didn’t do that and the flavor stuck to the shrimp. let it sit for about 10 minutes why it thickened as well.
This recipe is GREAT!!!!! My husband and I loved it.
Wrong cooking order. 2-3 minutes over medium high heat makes medium shrimp completely cooked. If you then add the broccoli to the same pan with the shrimp, the shrimp are very overcooked by the time the broccoli is tender crisp, unless it is blanched first. Better to take the shrimp out of the pan and set aside, then cook the broccoli. Return the shrimp to the pan with broccoli and sauce at the end.
Good recipe and quick too
Thanks!
Next time, I would use less oyster sauce, maybe less soy. It was quite salty. Otherwise, it was delicious. I used sugar snap peas and bean sprouts.
Damn delicious for sure! Healthy too; thank you! (I didn’t have quite enough broccoli, so chopped some bok choy and tossed it in. Yum!)
My family loved this. I used coconut sugar instead of brown sugar and it was still yummy. I already made quinoa to go with it.
Hi, I’m a bit new to cooking. Can I save the sauces in bulk to use for later, or do I need to use it immediately? Thank you!
What a great idea! But unfortunately, without having tried this myself, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment when making substitutions and modifications.
Not only is this the easiest stir fry I have made so far, it is by far my favorite. I made it twice, exactly as the recipe states, and it is seriously delicious! I can’t wait to try the sauce with beef and broccoli as well as chicken and broccoli. This recipe is a winner!
Delicious, a little bit salty and I omitted the oyster sauce (didn’t have). I added carrots, celery and pea pods. Trying again tonight with oyster sauce. Can’t wait.
Hello.
How can you start cooking Prawns before the broccoli?
Stir fry broccoli isnatkeast 3 minutes when Prawns need about a minute??
Prawns are typically much larger than shrimp, and may require additional cooking time. Please note that cooking time in recipes are simply an approximation. Hope that helps!
Delicious and easy! I loved it. For those of you that don’t have oyster sauce, look for it in a market specializing in Asian foods, I even found a gluten-free version. It also might be in your supermarket or try asking for them to order it. It is a great sauce and it doesn’t taste anything like oysters to me. Once you get it you’ll start snazzing up your leftover rice as I did.