Month-of-One-Pan Meals: Ginger-Pineapple Shrimp Stir Fry

Welcome to my annual Month-of Recipes on this blog. Go rummaging in the attic here and you’ll find past recipe months for appetizers, chicken, soup, mini-desserts, and more. The way it works is, for each day in February I post a recipe that fits the category. This month is one-pan meals, excluding pizza, most casseroles, and slow cooker recipes.

We need Friday night easy, right, and what could be easier than a one-pan/one-pot dinner? And since it’s also Fishy Friday, Ginger-Pineapple Shrimp Stir Fry hits all the right notes. It looks and tastes as if it took all day, but, nope!

I served it over leftover pasta, but you could use leftover rice. Plopping the stir fry on top of that makes it even heartier. Or serve it low-carb on the plate as is without a starch. This recipe serves two, but it is very easy to double or triple it to serve the family. Time to completion? About 20 minutes!

Ginger-Pineapple Shrimp Stir Fry

2 tablespoons canola oil

1 small onion, thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves, minced

4 teaspoons ginger, minced

1 cup pineapple, cubed

1 cup mushrooms, sliced

16 shrimp (raw or pre-cooked; see note below)

3 tablespoons soy sauce

3 tablespoons rice vinegar

3 tablespoons Asiago cheese, shredded

2 tablespoons fresh cilantro

On medium high, heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the onion, garlic, ginger, pineapple, and mushrooms. Sauté until onion and mushrooms soften, about 5 minutes.

If using raw shrimp, add now and cook for about 3 minutes or until shrimp are opaque.

Stir in the soy sauce and rice vinegar. Mix thoroughly while cooking for 2 more minutes.

Serve topped with Asiago cheese and cilantro.

NOTE: Even though raw shrimp cooks very quickly, you want to make it even faster! In that case, purchase large pre-cooked shrimp. Thaw and remove the tails. Keep refrigerated until adding to the stir fry. Add the shrimp right after you add in the soy sauce mixture. Stir well to distribute sauce. Then serve as above.

DH’s Rating: 5 Tongues Up

“This is different. You’ve never made shrimp stir fry like this.”

“Unh huh. So what did you think of it?”

“Very different. But in a good way. You can make it again.”

“You betcha!”