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Sweet & Sour Shrimp

From the Kitchen of:  Paz
Source:Out of Alaska's Kitchens

2	lbs	Shrimp
3	Tbsp	Butter or oil
2-1/2	cups	Pineapple chunks
2	Tbsp	Slivered, crystallized ginger
1		Green pepper
1/2	cup	Vinegar
1/2	cup	Sugar
	pinch	Salt
1	Tbsp	Soy sauce
2-1/2	Tbsp	Cornstarch

• Heat butter, toss in shrimp and cook about 5 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Now pour in pineapple and juice; add ginger, pepper cut in strips, vinegar, sugar, salt and soy sauce.
• Cook over low heat for 2 minutes. Spoon out a little of the liquid and mix with cornstarch until you have a smooth paste.
• Pour back into shrimp mixture and cook slowly, stirring constantly until liquid is transparent and slightly thick.
• Serve with rice.