Moo Shu Shrimp Recipe - Food.com (2024)

Submitted by Kim127

"This recipe comes from the March 2007 issue of Cooking Light. It is a nice supper for during the week. The original recipe called for 2 tablespoons of the hoisin sauce, which I thought was too much. It has a real strong flavor, and about half that was good for us. I thought the original amount drowned out the other flavors of the recipe. The original recipe also only called for 2 teaspoons of the peanut oil, but I needed more to keep the veggies from sticking."

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photo by PalatablePastime

Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4

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ingredients

2 tablespoons peanut oil, divided
1 tablespoon garlic, minced, divided
1 lb small shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 cups mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 cup carrot, shredded
¹⁄₂ cup green onion, chopped
6 cups napa cabbage, shredded
2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce or 1 teaspoon sriracha sauce
2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
4 (12 inch) flour tortillas

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directions

Heat 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil in a large skillet over high heat. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic and the shrimp. Stir fry for 3 minutes or until shrimp are cooked through.
Remove shrimp from pan and keep warm.
Add remaining 1 tablespoon of peanut oil to pan.
Add remaining garlic and the mushrooms. Stir fry for 1 minute or until the mushrooms are tender.
Add carrot and onions. Stir fry for 2 minutes.
Add cabbage, cook another 2 minutes or until cabbage is wilted.
Combine soy sauce, 1 tablespoon water, cornstarch and chili-garlic sauce in a small bowl, stirring to dissolve.
Stir this mixture into the cabbage mixture. Remove from heat, stir in shrimp, tossing to coat.
Place 1/2 cup of shrimp mixture onto tortilla, drizzle with hoisin sauce. Wrap it up and enjoy.

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This was easy and fast on a weeknight where we had most ingredients on hand. Subbed shredded purple cabbage for Napa cabbage and I think this worked just fine. We didn't love it enough to make again, but it wasn't bad.

Dr. Jenny
Here in Maine our native shrimp are small, and so I was looking for an Asian recipe that called for small shrimp (no easy task, that -- most recipes call for large or jumbo) and stumbled on this recipe. We made 1.5 times the amount of sauce, which made it a little runny, but *full* of flavor! Ate way too much and enjoyed every minute of it; thanks for posting!

lecole54
This was ok, but not what I was hoping for. The sauce really was a bit too strong for the shrimp. The sauce also seemed a bit different from the Mushu recipes I am used to. I am sorry I could not rate this higher, especially in light of the reviews this recipe has had. It just didn't work out for us. ~Sue

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PalatablePastime
This was a nice and easy recipe. Definately have all the prep work done beforehand. I used rice paper (spring roll wrappers) instead of tortillas. I had a few tortillas warmed, but noone wanted them. I made a half batch, since we were having a big asian appetizer style meal. I used 1T of hoisin in the mix, but kept the shrimp serving the same. I also had hoisin on the table for those who wanted more (our family loves hoisin) The little bit that was leftover I tossed into some scrambled eggs and drizzled some hoisin on top. That was delicious, too. Thanks for sharing. Made for Green Eggs and Ham game.

Kiersten Phae
This is very good. I actually added 2 tbsp. hoisin sauce instead of the 2 tsp since I enjoy the flavor. Definitely a make again recipe. :)

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