Asian wok
Shrimp wok with pak choi and garlic
Shrimp wok with pak choi and garlic is a quick, aromatic wok dish with clear freshness and a strong garlic aroma. The shrimp are only cooked briefly and therefore remain juicy and tender.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 15 minutes
- Wok preparation: approx. 8 minutes
- Total: approx. 23 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 285 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 28.7 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 10.9 g
- Fat
- ≈ 12.6 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 red pepper · ≈ 150.0 g
- 4 cloves of garlic · ≈ 12.0 g
- 3 tbsp oil · ≈ 40.95 g
- 1 lime · ≈ 25.0 g
- For the sauce: 4 tablespoons soy sauce · ≈ 60.0 g
- For the sauce: 1 tbsp honey · ≈ 21.0 g
- For the sauce: 1 tbsp lime juice · ≈ 15.0 g
- 2 bok choy · ≈ 500 g
- 150 g sugar snap peas · ≈ 150 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- For the sauce: 1 tbsp fish sauce · ≈ 15 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 500 g shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 bok choy
- 1 red pepper
- 150 g sugar snap peas
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 piece of ginger, approx. 15 g
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons chopped coriander, optional
- For the sauce: 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- For the sauce: 1 tbsp fish sauce
- For the sauce: 1 tbsp honey
- For the sauce: 1 tbsp lime juice
- For the sauce: 1 teaspoon chili flakes or 1 small red chili
Instructions
- Pat shrimp dry. Cut the pak choy into coarse pieces. Cut peppers into strips. Clean sugar snap peas.
- Cut the garlic into thin slices and finely chop the ginger.
- Mix the sauce from soy sauce, fish sauce, honey, lime juice and chili.
- Heat the wok to high heat. Add oil and fry the shrimp for 1 to 2 minutes per side. Take out.
- Briefly fry the garlic and ginger in the wok.
- Fry peppers and snow peas for 2 minutes.
- Add pak choi and let it wilt briefly.
- Put the shrimp back in the wok, pour on the sauce and toss everything together for 1 minute.
- Serve with lime wedges and optional cilantro.
