astray recipes: Mandarin shrimp & vegetables

Categories: Vegetables; Seafood
Yield: 4 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
3 cups	Broccoli florets
1	Red bell pepper
1	Yellow bell pepper
4	Green onions, sliced
1 pounds	Large shrimp, peeled and deveined
½ cup	Orange marmalade
1 tablespoon	Chopped garlic
1 tablespoon	Fresh ginger root
3 tablespoons	Low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons	Rice wine vinegar
1 teaspoon	Tabasco
1½ tablespoon	Cornstarch
3 cups	Hot cooked white rice

Place broccoli, red and yellow peppers and onion in a 3-quart casserole; cover with lid or vented plastic wrap. Stirring midway through cooking, microwave on high 5 minutes. Place shrimp on top of vegetables.

Place marmalade, garlic and ginger root in a 2-cup glass measure.

Microwave on high 40 seconds, or until marmalade melts. Pour over shrimp; re-cover. Stirring midway through cooking. microwave on high 4-5 minutes.

In same glass measure, combine soy sauce, vinegar and Tabasco. Blend in cornstarch. Drain liquid from casserole into cornstarch mixture.

Stirring midway through cooking, microwave on high 1-2 minutes, or until mixture thickens. Stir into shrimp mixture. Serve over hot rice immediately.

Nutrient data per serving: 445 calories; 32 grams protein; 3 grams fat (3 percent of total calories); 74 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 223 milligrams cholesterol; 782 milligrams sodium

mandarin shrimp & vegetables