Everyday Food magazine always inspiring

Friends let friends cook from Martha Stewart's Everyday Food mag. How's this for a good friend? My buddy Karen gave me all her back issues of Everyday Food, way back to the beginning, for Christmas last year. Seriously, she boxed them up and wrapped them up.

I love it!

I've been having lots of fun going through old issues and marking recipes. It is such a great magazine with tons and tons of doable recipes and ideas. Very inspirational.

Here's one I forgot about from June 2004. Sesame Orange Chicken is super quick and really delicious. You know I am a big fan of shrimp and often cast about for different ways to make it. Martha suggests that for this recipe you use egg whites instead of whole eggs in the batter. It makes the coating crispier.

Take your time and cook in batches. Don't crowd your pan of the shrimp will be in there longer than need be and may get tough. I serve it with rice.

Sesame Orange Shrimp

2 large egg whites

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/4 cup sesame seeds

Coarse salt and ground pepper

1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

1/4 cup vegetable oil, plus more if needed

1 cup fresh orange juice

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon sugar

4 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced

In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites, cornstarch, sesame seeds, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper until frothy. Add shrimp, and toss to coat.

Heat 1/4 cup oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in two or three batches, cook shrimp until golden and crisp, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel–lined plate to drain. Add more oil to skillet if necessary for remaining batches.

Wipe skillet with a paper towel. Add orange juice, soy sauce, and sugar. Boil over high heat until syrupy and reduced to about 1/3 cup, 4 to 5 minutes. Return shrimp to skillet; add scallions, and cook until heated through and coated with sauce, about 1 minute.

Serves 4.

Source:  Everyday Food, Martha Stewart

Photo from Everyday Food

Comments

[Jackie]

Found I had stacks of magazines when I just marked a page so now I just tear recipes I like out and when done put the mag in the blue box. I've learned to tear them out very quietly, coughing slightly, when in drs office but only the old old ones.

[Larry Hauser]

Sesame Orange Chicken....... um, um, um. Looks good, Janet. Seems like you could open your own restaurant. If you do, let me know and I'll list it on my restaurant directory and dining guide website: www.dineandfind.com