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Pepper Lunch sauce being drizzled on shrimp.
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Japanese Shrimp Pepper Rice

My Japanese Shrimp Pepper Rice is a quick and flavorful meal made with garlic-seared shrimp, buttery corn, and rice drizzled in a homemade pepper sauce inspired by Pepper Lunch restaurants. This easy 10-minute dish brings bold Japanese flavors right to your kitchen!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Japanese Shrimp Pepper Rice
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 272kcal

Ingredients

Shrimp

  • 1/2 lbs Shrimp peeled with tail on or off
  • 1 tsp Cooking Oil neutral, oil with no taste
  • ½ tbsp Garlic Clove minced
  • 2 Cups Rice
  • 2 tbsp Corn Kernels
  • 1/2 tbsp Butter

Sauce

  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Japanese Sake
  • 1 tsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 Clove Garlic

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients to make Japanese shrimp pepper rice on the countertop.
  • Start by heating Japanese sake in a skillet and let it boil for about 15 to 20 seconds to cook off the alcohol.
    Japanese sake being boiled out.
  • In a small bowl, mix the boiled sake with soy sauce, sweetener, grated garlic, and black pepper to make the sauce.
    Pepper lunch sauce in a bowl.
  • Combine corn kernels and butter in a microwave-safe bowl, cover, and microwave for 15 to 25 seconds until the butter melts. Spoon the buttered corn over a bed of rice on a plate.
    Butter corn in a bowl.
  • Heat a little cooking oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add the minced garlic and shrimp, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until the shrimp turn pink and are cooked through.
    Shrimp being cooked in a wok.
  • Place the shrimp on top of the rice, drizzle with the sauce, and serve warm.
    Japanese shrimp pepper rice served on a plate.

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Nutrition

Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 291mg | Sodium: 694mg | Potassium: 454mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 91IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 1mg