Trini Style Spicy Pepper Shrimp
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
25 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
248 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Caribbean
Trini Style Spicy Pepper Shrimp
Description
This recipe involves seasoning peeled shrimp with cornstarch, salt, and black pepper for a light coating before cooking. Vegetables including diced onion, carrot, bell pepper, and the key hot Scotch bonnet peppers are sautéed to soften but not brown. Aromatics garlic, ginger, and green seasoning are added to build flavor depth. A sauce formed from ketchup, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, thyme, and pimento peppers is simmered to combine, introducing sweetness, acidity, and herbal notes.
The shrimp are then cooked at high heat in this sauce until opaque and tender, coated evenly to develop an intense spicy and savory profile. The dish can be garnished with green onions or chives for freshness and color.
Trini Style Spicy Pepper Shrimp makes for a lively main course that can be served with rice or bread to balance its heat and complex flavor layers. The process of simmering the sauce before adding shrimp allows flavors to meld and intensify.
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Shrimp Deveined and shell on or tail on
- 1 Tablespoon corn starch
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 onion diced, small
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 1 carrot Cut into coins
- 2 Scotch bonnet peppers Seeds and stems removed, diced
- 3 garlic minced, cloves
- 2 teaspoons ginger or minced fresh ginger, paste
- 1 Tablespoon green seasoning
- ½ Cup ketchup
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon thyme leaves
- 1 Tablespoon pimento pepper Or 2 Hot Peppadew Peppers, diced
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ Cup water
- 1 lime Juice
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar Optional
- ¼ Cup green onion or Chives for garnish
Instructions
- Rinse and dry the shrimp. Toss in a bowl with the cornstarch, salt and black pepper.
- In a large skillet, wok, or heavy bottomed pan heat the sesame or vegetable oil over medium heat.
- Add the diced onion, carrot, bell pepper, and Scotch Bonnet pepper and sauté for 3-4 minutes until softened but not browned.
- Add the garlic, ginger, and green seasoning and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in the ketchup, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, lime juice, thyme, pimento or Peppadew peppers and water. Add the brown sugar if using.
- Bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Increase the temp to high and add the shrimp. Cook for about 2-3 minutes, flipping half-way through. Stir well to coast the shrimp and cook until the shrimp are opaque and cooked through.
- Remove the pan from the heat and serve the Trini Pepper Shrimp.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 248 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 248kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 22g | 7% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 183mg | 61% |
| Sodium | 1383mg | 58% |
| Potassium | 656mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 12g | 24% |
| Vitamin A | 3944IU | 79% |
| Vitamin C | 66mg | 73% |
| Calcium | 120mg | 12% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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