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Image by hannaone: Saeu Bokkeum

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From our former restaurant days, Saeu Bokkeum, or stir fried shrimp, was another favorite. Large shelled, tail-off shrimp are stir fried with vegetables which included broccoli, carrots, cabbage, onions, and bean sprouts.

Servings: 4

Ingredients
12 large shrimp (21 to 25 size)
2 green onions
1/2 small green bell pepper
1/2 small red bell pepper
1 medium carrot
1 zucchini
1 cup beansprouts
1/2 small onion
1 broccoli crown
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 tablespoon pure toasted sesame oil
1 teaspoon sesame seed for garnish
Spicy Version
1 hot green chili pepper
1 hot red chili pepper

Stir Fry Sauce
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
1 teaspoon rice wine
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon fish sauce
6 each cloves fresh garlic, peeled
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 ounce fresh ginger, peeled
water as needed 
Spicy Version
2 tablespoons gochujang
1 teaspoon fine ground dried red chili pepper (gochugaru)

Directions
Stir Fry Sauce
Cut ginger into smaller pieces.
Put ginger, garlic, rice wine, and soy sauce into blender, then blend into smooth paste (add just a bit of water if needed to aid in blending).
Mix blended paste and all other sauce ingredients in a small bowl and let sit for fifteen minutes. Thin with water as needed to make a "pourable" paste

Shrimp
Wash well in cold water.
Slit the back of the shrimp in a shallow cut down the body

Peppers and Green Onion
Wash bell peppers in cold water, remove stems, and cut in half from top to bottom, then again cross wise. Cut into roughly 1/2 inch by 1 inch pieces.
Trim top and bottom of green onions, wash in cold water, then cut into about 2 inch lengths.
(for Spicy Version: Wash chili peppers in cold water and remove stems. Cut in half from top to bottom, then slice each half into three or four slivers from top to bottom.)

Vegetables 
Cut onion in half from to bottom. Slice 1/2 the onion, from top to bottom, into about 1/4 inch wide slices.
Wash the zucchini in cold water then thin slice on a diagonal to create ovals.
Trim top and bottom of carrot, and wash in cold water. Cut into strips about the same size as the shrimp.
Wash the bean sprouts in cold water.
Separate broccoli florets and wash in cold water.

Cooking
Preheat a large stir fry pan over high heat for about 30 seconds. Add cooking oil then add in the following order;
Broccoli, zucchini, and carrot, stir fry about 3 minutes.
Onion slices, stir fry 2 minutes.
Shrimp, green onion, and bean sprouts, stir fry about 2 minutes, until the shrimp changes color.
Sauce and pepper, stir fry about 30 to 45 seconds.
Remove from heat, add sesame oil, and toss well.

Final
Garnish with sesame seed and serve with steamed rice and banchan dishes.