Gooey Peanut Butter Goodness

The perfect post workout food is... Sauteed Shrimp with Thai Peanut Sauce. Warning, this recipe makes a crap-ton of sauce, but hey, that just means I get to eat more tomorrow! I love the bags of frozen shrimp you can pick up at the grocery store. I usually get the jumbo butterfly cut ones with the shell still on. If you cook them with the shells on, they stay juicier but the butterfly cut makes it easy to pull the shells off. I just sauteed the shrimp in a skillet with olive oil spray. Then drizzled the sauce on top.



I mixed the following ingredients together for a spicy version of this thai classic:

Juice of two limes
Zest of two limes
1/4 cup vegetable oil (emulsifier)
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce (tamari)
2 tbsp water
1 tbsp minced garlic
1.5 tbsp minced ginger
2 thai chilis finely minced
Big handful of cilantro finely chopped
1/2 cup peanut butter (I used all natural organic creamy and threw it in the microwave for 30 second to make it easier to mix

This is the perfect blend of acid, sweet, spicy, and richness... can't wait to drizzle it over shrimp, scallops, chicken, whatever :D.