Quick Shrimp and Sausage Stir-Fry
By @chef1
A fast and flavorful stir-fry featuring shrimp and chicken sausage, perfect for a quick weeknight dinner. Ready in under 30 minutes!
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Ingredients
- ●1/2 pound Shrimp
- ●4 ounces Chicken Sausage
- ●2 medium Shallots
- ●1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil
- ●1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
- ●2 cups Cooked Rice or Noodles
Instructions
- 1Dice the shallots. If the shrimp are large, halve or chop them. Slice the chicken sausage into rounds.
- 2Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the shallots and cook until softened, about 2-3 minutes.
- 3Add the chicken sausage and cook until browned, about 5 minutes. Then, add the shrimp and cook until pink and opaque, about 3-4 minutes. Be careful not to overcook the shrimp!
- 4Stir in the fish sauce. If you want a touch of sweetness, add a tiny bit of brown sugar or honey.
- 5Serve immediately over rice or noodles.
Recipe details
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 40 minutes
- Cooking
- 14 minutes
Estimated total: 54 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Setup kitchen: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
- Dice shallots: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Halve or chop shrimp: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Slice chicken sausage: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Preheat skillet with oil: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Stir in fish sauce: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Serve over rice or noodles: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Raw shrimp reference used for raw ingredient.
- Chicken Sausage: Al Fresco manufacturer label: 78 g link, 110 kcal, 6 g fat, 2 g carbohydrate, 13 g protein, 500 mg sodium; fiber not reported. Accessed 2026-10-21. Brand approximation. (https://www.alfrescoallnatural.com/product/sweet-italian-style-chicken-sausage/)
- Al Fresco sweet Italian cooked chicken sausage as a disclosed standard brand reference; actual flavor and brand vary.
- Shallots: Medium/unspecified shallot assumption: 40 g edible, from Carolyn Ketchum recipe; actual bulb size varies (https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/steak-diane/)
- Raw shallot with documented standard bulb weight when counted; actual size varies.
- Vegetable Oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Using refined soybean oil as a generic vegetable oil reference.
- Fish Sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Cooked Rice or Noodles: USDA cup portion weight
- First alternative cooked rice: USDA long-grain white rice, 158 g per cup, not rice noodles.
- Shrimp: 226.8 g · USDA reference 175179
- Chicken Sausage: 113.4 g · Food reference
- Shallots: 80 g · USDA reference 170499 · Portion reference
- Vegetable Oil: 13.6 g · USDA reference 172370
- Fish Sauce: 18 g · USDA reference 174531
- Cooked Rice or Noodles: 316 g · USDA reference 168878
shrimp · chicken sausage · stir-fry
Estimated nutrition per serving
474 calories · 37.9 g protein · 53.1 g carbohydrate · 12.2 g fat · 1211 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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