Since today is Monday and Jen had a gym appointment at 630 tonight, I decided to start cooking and let her take pictures of the finished product. If you are a Thai fan this recipe is for you.

Let’s cook!

Jumbo Shrimp with Spicy Thai Basil and Lime Marinade

12 jumb shrimp peeled, deveined

1/4 cup fish sauce

1/4 cup fresh lime juice

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 large garlic cloves, finely chopped

1/4 cup fresh basil, minced

1 serrano pepper

In a large bowl, combine fish sauce, lime juice and sugar and whisk until the sugar is dissolved. Add oil, garlic, basil and pepper. Place the shrimp in the bowl and stir well to coat with the marinated. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for at least 30 minutes.

In a medium saute pan on high heat add the shrimp and marinade.

For this dinner, I used Lo Mein noodles.

Here is how I did the plating and I topped the dish with a few drops of Sriracha sauce:

We were able to break out the chop sticks! Here is a close-up:

Here is the real close-up:

Dinner was sweet and spicy now time to go watch Monday night football!

Happy Cooking!