Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp

This shrimp dish is very similar to Chinese salt and pepper shrimp.  They're both coated in corn starch or flour, both are spicy and both are fried or sauteed in oil.  For this Hawaiian style recipe, the shrimp is tossed in a mixture of flour, paprika, salt and pepper.  Shells are left intact.  Lots of chopped garlic is sauteed in a mixture of butter and olive oil and a splash of white wine.  The garlic sauce is removed from the pan and the shrimp is then cooked in hot olive oil for just a couple of minutes on each side.  Add the garlic sauce and serve.  Note, the shells become crispy and traditionally the shrimp are eaten shell and all.  This has become one of my favorite shrimp recipes and can be made in less than 15 minutes start to finish. 

Asian Garlic Noodles

There's a restaurant in San Francisco famous for this Asian-American fusion garlic noodle dish - Thanh Long.  I love pasta tossed with lots of butter, garlic and parmesan cheese and knew that adding an Asian sauce would make it even better.  The sauce is equal parts of soy sauce, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar and water.  Five or six cloves of garlic are finely chopped and sauteed in equal parts butter and olive oil.  The sauce is then added and cooked noodles are tossed in the sauce.  Serve topped with parmesan cheese.  Any Asian noodle or spaghetti can be used.  I like thin spaghetti and used it in this recipe.