Spicy Honey Garlic Shrimp Quinoa Bowl
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Recipe type: Entree
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Serves: 2 servings
 
Quinoa served with spicy honey garlic shrimp and roasted vegetables. This honey garlic shrimp quinoa bowl is delicious and perfect for lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 8-10 stalks of asparagus
  • 6-8 large mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 5 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 8-10 jumbo shrimp or prawns
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1½ - 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • Pinch of crushed red peppers
  • 2 cups MinuteĀ® Ready to Serve White & Red Quinoa
  • ½ - 1 cup spring salad mix
Directions:
  1. Preheat the oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease the serve with nonstick cooking spray or with olive oil.
  2. Place trimmed asparagus stalks and sliced mushrooms on the baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt. Roast the asparagus and mushrooms for about 8-10 minutes until the asparagus are tender. Once the asparagus and mushrooms are done, remove them from the oven and set aside for now.
  3. While the asparagus and mushrooms are roasting, make the shrimp.
  4. In a medium sized skillet, add two tablespoons of olive oil or vegetable oil over low to medium heat. Once the vegetable oil has heated, add minced garlic and cook until they become golden brown and aromatic.
  5. Next, add jumbo shrimp with soy sauce, crushed red pepper, and honey. Cook the shrimp until they are a reddish orange color and no longer appear translucent. Remove the shrimp from the stove.
  6. Remove the lid from the cup of Minute Ready to Serve Quinoa. Heat the quinoa in the microwave for 60 seconds if one cup and 90 seconds for two cups. Once the quinoa is warm, place them in a medium sized bowl. Top with the asparagus, mushrooms, spring salad mix, and honey garlic shrimp. Drizzle the leftover sauce over the bowl.
  7. Serve the honey garlic shrimp quinoa bowl warm.
  8. If packing for lunch the next day, allow the ingredients to cool before packing into a lunch box container and refrigerate.
Recipe by Cooking with a Wallflower at https://cookingwithawallflower.com/2017/07/19/spicy-honey-garlic-shrimp-quinoa-bowl/