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Easy Mouthwatering Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce!

Sep 16, 2021Last Modified: January 21, 2023

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Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce in a cast iron skillet
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  • Shrimp Stir Fry With Your Own Homemade Black Bean Sauce!
  • This Dish Is SUPER EASY AND SUPER QUICK!
  • What Ingredients Will I Need For This Stir Fry?
  • Let's Make This Mouthwatering Chinese Dish!
  • How To Serve Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce
  • Some Other Recipes You May Enjoy!
  • Easy Mouthwatering Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce!

Shrimp Stir Fry With Your Own Homemade Black Bean Sauce!

I've always enjoyed black bean sauce dishes when dining at Chinese restaurants. The salty and tremendously flavorful black bean sauce seemed to me to pair well with almost any vegetables, meats, or seafood at the restaurants!

Recently I made my own Chinese black bean sauce and was absolutely delighted at the results!

One of the delightful dishes I have made with this black bean sauce is Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce. I promise you...make this dish with your own homemade black bean sauce, and you will be absolutely delighted too!

This Dish Is SUPER EASY AND SUPER QUICK!

Now THIS is fast food! Assuming you have your ready made black bean sauce ready to go, the hardest part about this dish is peeling and deveining your shrimp. To make it easier and quicker, you can purchase shrimp that is already peeled and deveined.

Prepping your ingredients may take all of about 10 minutes, and the stir fry less than 5 minutes. So, you will have an absolutely SPECTACULAR Chinese Black Bean Shrimp stir fry on your table in about 15 minutes!

What Ingredients Will I Need For This Stir Fry?

Literally all you need is 6 ingredients to Chinese food heaven!

  • Shrimp (peeled and deveined)
  • Black bean sauce (click here to get the recipe for the BEST homemade black bean sauce!)
  • Dried Asian chilies
  • Peanut oil
  • Onion
  • Green onions

You can opt to buy a commercially prepared black bean sauce, but TRUST ME...you will want to make your own! It's fun, takes around 17 minutes, and the aroma is AMAZING! I urge you to enjoy the experience of whipping up your own sauce!

Black bean sauce in a glass bowl with a spoon holding some of the black bean sauce; white dish in the background with fermented black beans
Homemade black bean sauce

Let's Make This Mouthwatering Chinese Dish!

Now that you have your Black Bean Sauce, making this dish is a SNAP!

First, cook your shrimp (quickly) on a high heat until they just turn pink. I recommend using a cast iron pan if you have one.

cooked shrimp on a white plate

Next, remove the shrimp and then add cut up onion and green onion and stir fry quickly, also on a high heat.

Pieces of cut up onion and green onion in a cast iron skillet

Now add some Asian dried chilies (how many is totally up to you!). Leave the Asian dried chilies whole if you prefer a less spicy dish. If you like it spicier (like me!), then you can cut up the chilies so the seeds fall out.

cut up pieces of onion and green onion, and dried Asian chilies in a cast iron pan

The last step is to add some of the AMAZING black bean sauce and the shrimp! Give it a quick stir, and you're done!! Looks MOUTHWATERING, don't you agree? 😋

Shrimp with black bean sauce in a cast iron pan with a spatula on the side

How To Serve Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce

All you need to accompany this fantastic dish is some steamed white rice, and some sliced green onions as a garnish. Oh, and your favorite pair of chopsticks!

Shrimp with black bean sauce and rice on a white plate with some chopsticks holding up a piece of shrimp
Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce and rice on a white plate with Toby staring at it,  someone's hand is between Toby and the plate and there is a salad on the side
Where there's food...there's Toby!

It's salty and spicy, and really hits the spot! I do hope you will enjoy some delectable Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce soon!

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Super Easy and Delicious Asian Poached Salmon

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Grace

Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce in a cast iron skillet

Easy Mouthwatering Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce!

Grace
This Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce is SUPERB! Quick, easy, and mouthwatering, you'll be craving this time and time again!
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 4 mins
Total Time 14 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 3 people

Equipment

  • Cast iron skillet or wok

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 large onion cut into bite sized pieces
  • 3 green onions 2 cut into 1-2" lengths, and 1 sliced thinly for garnish
  • 6-8 dried Asian chilies however many you use is totally up to you!
  • 1 tablespoon peanut oil can use vegetable oil
  • 2-3 tablespoon black bean sauce I urge you to make your own delicious homemade black bean sauce, but you can use commercially prepared if you prefer

Instructions
 

  • First, add the peanut oil to a cast iron pan and set your stove to high. Once the oil is smoking, cook your shrimp (quickly) until they just turn pink, about 1 minute. Remove and set aside for later.
    cooked shrimp on a white plate
  • Now add the onion and 2 of the green onions which have been cut into 1-2" lengths. Stir fry very quickly on a high heat, until the onion just starts to soften. About 1-2 minutes.
    Pieces of cut up onion and green onion in a cast iron skillet
  • Thrown in the Asian dried chilies, 2-3 tablespoon of the black bean sauce, and return the shrimp to the pan. Give it a good stir to heat the shrimp through (about 30 sec) and you are now good to go!
    Shrimp with black bean sauce in a cast iron pan with a spatula on the side

Notes

The amount of Asian dried chilies you add is totally up to you.  I recommend 6-8.  Leave them whole for a less spicy dish, or cut them up so the seeds fall out for a spicier dish.
If you prefer a saltier taste, add a bit more than 2 tablespoon of the black bean sauce.  Please note that the black bean sauce IS spicy so if you are watching your salt go with 2 tablespoon or even less of the black bean sauce. 
Serve this awesome Shrimp With Black Bean Sauce with some steamed white rice, or jasmine rice!  
Enjoy!
Keyword black bean sauce, Shrimp, Stir fry
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