I was looking for another quick and light meal and I was thinking about shrimp as they usually fit that bill. While I was eating the sichuan peppercorn steak that I made a while ago I thought that sichuan peppercorn shrimp would be a good idea. I have really been enjoying the mouth numbing sichuan peppercorns and I was looking forward to combining them with one of my favorite foods, shrimp. I just threw this recipe together as I was making it and my goal was to keep it nice and simple so that I could enjoy the succulent shrimp with the mouth numbing sichuan peppercorns and the spicy heat from the chilies. The first thing that I did was start by toasting the sichuan peppercorns in a frying pan and I was immediately rewarded by their amazing aroma which quickly filled my apartment. I finished the dish off with some sesame oil which made my place smell even better. These two smells always bring back memories of Asian cuisine and restaurants. The sichuan peppercorn shrimp came together quickly and easily and turned out really well! Shrimp is one of my favorite foods because it is amazing and because it is so easy to throw together a great meal really quickly with it. I served the shrimp on some fragrant jasmine rice which provided a welcome relief from the heat of the dish.
Sichuan Peppercorn Shrimp
ingredients
- 1 pound shrimp (shelled and deviened)
- 1 tablespoon sichuan peppercorns (toasted and ground)
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 shallot (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1/4 cup chicken stock
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 small chili pepper (seeded and chopped)
- 1 teaspoon chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon cilantro (chopped)
- 2 green onions (chopped)
directions
- Toss the shrimp in the ground sichuan peppercorns.
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the shallots and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute for a minute.
- Saute the shrimp until cooked, just a few minutes per side and set aside.
- Add the chicken stock and deglaze the pan.
- Add the soy sauce, chili pepper, chili sauce and lime and reduce the sauce by half.
- Remove from heat and mix in the shrimp, sesame oil and cilantro.
Yum yum! My favourite!!
Love the sound of this. I really like how you described heating up the peppercorns and the resulting aroma. I was surprised to see lime in the ingredients list. My husband likes spicy food, and I think this would be right up his alley. YUM!
I love sichuan peppercorn especially the tingling effect on your tongue when you bite into it.
Ooh, that looks great and your pictures are always beautiful!
I love shrimp and super spicy food. This sounds wonderful!
Great idea to use up my sichuan peppercorns. I love shrimp and I think they’d go so well together.
Kevin, this is GORGEOUS!
Sounds delicious! And I have all the ingredients in my kitchen! Love this sort of simple, Asian, stir-fry 🙂
I’m going to try to make this for my dad when I head back for semester break. Then, we’ll see who can cook! Har har! LOL
Thanks Kevin for such a great recipe!
Kevin, I can this every single day. THis is the kind of meal I like. It’s spicy, delicious, and simple to make.
Cheers,
Elra
Shrimp is one of my favorites too, and of course I love Sichuan peppercorns.
Kevin this is really beautiful!
Yay! Im coming for these tasty shrimps
Another wonderful recipe Kevin.
Do you ever have neighbors knocking at your door?
I’ve been wanting to try sichuan peppercorns, now I know how to use them!
I love shrimp, this looks very good but also very spicy. I think I might keel over dead after just one bite. It just maybe worth it though. Looks great Kevin.
You just gotta love the sweet heat of Szechuan peppercorns– but the lovely shrimp just makes this a perfect dish!
This looks delicious! I love the ease and spice of this dish. I could eat simple stir fry meals almost every day. You have the best dinners!
Mmmm, I love shrimp cooked up Asian-style. My mom sent me a bag of Sichuan peppercorns and I love the stuff, but I never bite into one – I just use it in the cooking 😉 It does smell remarkably amazing!
This looks really, really good Kevin. Your shrimp are always perfectly cooked.
A deliciously fragrant dish! Perfect!
Cheers,
Rosa
Love the spice in this. Sounds good!
Kevin you always take amazing photos but when you do shrimp they are even better! I want to eat that now at 7.30am! It looks sooo good.
I have these sichuab peppers but never used them.
The shrimps look so yumm.
This looks so delicious! I’m keep keeping this recipe in mind for the next time I have dinner guests — it looks really impressive! Thanks for sharing it 🙂
I love your description of the aroma in your home! Makes me want to smell and eat the shrimp!
Another great recipe. Thanks Kevin. I am keeping this one to try in the future….
Hi Kevin,
I really love how you describe making your recipes. The peppercorns sound intriguing and liked the reference to Asian restaurants. I get a good feeling when I’m in them too after living in South Korea.
Do you want to swap a link?
Looks really delicious! I love spicy shrimps with rice.
are you sure you’re not chinese??? LOL… what a lovely dish!!! yum… 🙂
absolutely delish!
I love spicy dishes, thanks for sharing!
Light and yummy looking Kevin. This one will need to be made at my house. I love it!
Delicious! Sichuan pepper is the best.
I want ot grab your shrimp right now! look scrumptious!!
This looks fabulous! But strangely enough I find it very difficult to buy fresh uncooked shrimp in Nantes. Could I use scallops instead? Yum! and that Salmon Noodle Soup look pretty darn delish too!
Bright and colorful, and shrimp is always a great meal!
Kevin I would love to see what your pantry looks like. You have some of the best ingredients around.
Another fine shrimp creation here.
peppercorns are an amazing ingredient that i will never again be without. great dish!
I can just imagine the aromas that filled your apartment and the taste of the final dish. Great job.
Fast, simple, gourmet and bursting with flavours. Thanks for the inspiration. Will make this this weekend.
Oh, wow! You have some of the awesome-est shrimp dishes. This one sounds & looks like another winner. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
~ingrid
I love me some szechuan pepper… gotta agree, Kevin. You kick some shrimp butt!
Can you buy those peppercorns pretty much anywhere? I’ve never heard of those before.
sounds and looks really delicious .. Laila .. http://limeandlemon.wordpress.com/
A fellow spice lover, I am making your Kung Pao Chicken for my husband this weekend!
Shrimp is one of my favorites ever and ever so whith this dish I die!!!!!!! Look so nice Kevin! Gloria
Perfect shrimp dish! I love sichuan peppercorns and I love how quick and easy this dish is!
Great spotlight on this wonderful spice!
I keep coming back to your blog from time to time just coz I like torturing myself!! Jokes apart, awesome recipes! 🙂 Thanks.
Yet another winner!! Love this blend of flavors!!
Lovely Lovely!! i am a big Shrimp fan! always looking for new ideas for shrimp. where do i buy the sichuan peppers? asian stores?
That looks amazing Kevin!
I think crushed red pepper should be as common a condiment as salt and pepper!
I bet this was delish, I love food that bites back.
Jamie: Sichuan Peppercorn scallops sound good as well.
Jennifer & Soma: You should be able to find the Sichuan Peppercorns in a local Asian grocery store.
i’ve been craving shrimp forever now…this is not helping! looks great! 🙂
Totally droolworthy and delicious! Still don’t have any of those sichuan peppers, though. Need to mail order I guess.
I think I could eat this kind of dinner nearly every night of the week and even on weekends.
Kevin, I love the heat of this, it looks great!
Your shrimp dishes always look sooooo good, with lovely plump shrimps. I am slightly scared of sichuan peppercorns (big wuss that I am!!) but my husband would *love* this.
This looks like a great twist on the shrimp recipes I have been trying!
These look delicious. As always, your photography is amazing.
I love sichuan peppercorns & shrimps too so this is right up my alley. Can't wait to try this out.
Everything you post is so gorgeous and delicious. The variety is incredible and I especially appreciate your use of the freshest ingredients. Definitely one of the best blogs out there!
Oh, this looks awesome! So does the Pho…your photos and dishes look so professional Kevin!!
Where do you buy sichuan peppercorn? I would love to make this.
I printed this one out. Now I have to buy some Sichuan Peppercorns! Thanks, Kevin.