Sweet & salty shrimp with charred cabbage from I Dream of Dinner (So You Don't Have To): Low-Effort, High-Reward Recipes (page 346) by Ali Slagle

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  • aubdog on April 18, 2026

    Make extra of the sauce. Super easy and delicious.

  • eatswhilestanding on January 24, 2026

    Incredible, just as almost everyone else has said. I served with coconut rice. Honestly I think this is one of the best things I ever made as a home cook.

  • VegasCook37 on January 14, 2026

    I love this! Salty, tangy, smoky and super easy. Served over jasmine rice. Left overs are even better. Made it twice in one month. Better then takeout

  • VegasCook37 on November 18, 2025

    I really liked this. I went a little light on the fish sauce and used Diamond Crystal salt Used a large lime to balance out the fish sauce Served over jasmine rice Loved the crunch of the peanuts

  • kari500 on January 09, 2025

    Too cold to take myself out to dinner, and had everything for this in the house, so I made it. And I liked it a lot. I served it over noodles, which mitigated the saltiness.

  • tisayw on January 15, 2024

    Delicious and easy to pull together. Most time consuming part was peeling/deveining the shrimp.

  • Astrid5555 on January 07, 2024

    So good! Especially loved the cabbage with the sauce! Will go into regular dinner rotation!

  • Helin on January 01, 2024

    Served this with coconut rice and it was a lovely, light dinner. The sauce is on the salty side. I liked having plenty of sauce, though, so I think in future I might try adjusting the sugar and the lime juice to balance the saltiness of the fish sauce.

  • chefmichael on November 30, 2023

    Really good but too much salt on the shrimp especially given that the sauce has 3 Tablespoons fish sauce. I’d cut it in half next time.

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