Chili Garlic Shrimp

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	17%	19%
sweetener	8%	9%
thickener	0%	1%
aromatics	9%	2%
vegetables and beans	0%	60%
fat	9%	5%
salt	0%	0%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

454 g	1 pound jumbo tiger shrimp ((or regular shrimp; 15 size, peeled and deveined with the tail shells still on))
16 g	1 tablespoon tomato paste
34 g	2 tablespoons ketchup
17 g	2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce
4 g	1 teaspoon sugar
2 g	1/4 teaspoon salt ((or to taste))
0 g	1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 g	1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
41 g	3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 g	1 teaspoon ginger ((minced))
6 g	2 teaspoons garlic ((finely chopped))
	1 tablespoon shallots ((finely chopped))
6 g	1 tablespoon cilantro stems ((finely chopped))
	1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine
79 g	1/3 cup water
	chopped cilantro leaves ((for garnish))

Method: 7 steps, published by thewoksoflife.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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“It as delicious. I forgot the sugar and I hate ketchup and can I tell you that meant it wasn’t tempered at all, but that’s ok! So spicy and delicious! I also added bamboo shoots in chili oil and some crab meat because I had cooked king crab that needed t” — a cook, 5.0★