Garlicky Shrimp Stir-fry with Shiitakes and Bok Choy
If you’re looking for a quick weeknight meal that’s both light in calories and easy to make, this is your dish! It’s also naturally gluten-free and perfect for Whole30 or Paleo diets since this stir-fry recipe has no soy-sauce.
This recipe is slightly adapted from the cookbook Plated: Weeknight Dinners, Weekend Feasts and Everything in Between. You may be familiar with their food deliver company where all the ingredients get delivered right to your home. Well, the culinary team behind the scenes, Elena and Suzanne created this cookbook to give their customers recipes to cook anytime. I attended a dinner for the launch of their book where we all got to create seasonal salsas for an amazing shrimp taco dinner (recipes also in the book) complete with a wonderful panna cotta dessert.

Garlicky Shrimp Stir-fry with Shiitakes and Bok Choy
If you’re looking for a quick weeknight meal that’s both light in calories and easy to make, this is your dish! It’s also naturally gluten-free and perfect for Whole30 or Paleo diets since this stir-fry recipe has no soy-sauce.
Ingredients:
- 4 baby bok choy
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 pound shiitake mushrooms
- 1-inch knob fresh ginger
- ½ cup chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch*
- 1 tablespoon mirin*
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1½ pounds shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
- Cut the bok choy crosswise into 1⁄2-inch slices, keeping the leaves and stalks separate.
- Mince the garlic. Stem the shiitakes and thinly slice the caps. Peel and mince the ginger.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the stock, cornstarch, and mirin.
- In a large nonstick pan, heat the sesame oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add the bok choy stalks and shiitakes, spreading into a single layer. Season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Cook without moving until starting to brown on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir and cook until softening, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the crushed red pepper, garlic, ginger, and bok choy leaves and stir to combine. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Season the shrimp on both sides with 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper. Add to the vegetables and cook until just pink, 1 to 2 minutes per side.
- Push all the ingredients to the outer edges of the pan. Pour the stock mixture into the center, and simmer until thickened, about 2 minutes. Stir everything together to combine and coat, then remove the pan from the heat. Taste the stir-fry and add salt and pepper as needed.
- Serve over rice if desired (not included in nutritional information).
*For whole30 or paleo replace cornstarch witharrowroot powder, and mirin with rice vinegar.
Nutrition Information
Yield: 4 servings, Serving Size: 1 1/2 cups
- Amount Per Serving:
- Freestyle Points: 1
- Points +: 7
- Calories: 284 calories
- Total Fat: 4.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Cholesterol: 258mg
- Sodium: 655mg
- Carbohydrates: 24.5g
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Sugar: 6.3g
- Protein: 38.7g
Adapted from the cookbook Plated: Weeknight Dinners, Weekend Feasts and Everything in Between
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I definitively will cook it! seems yummyyyy <3
Thanks for sharing as this looks awesome and I love every recipe of yours I’ve tried! I’m not a huge fan of Bok Choy. Is there anything else you’d recommend using?
Snow peas would be great!
Would need to omit the cornstarch to be Whole30 compliant.
arrowroot powder can be used in it’s place
Why are the calories so high, but only 2 smart points?
Shrimp is really low on the new Smart Points
I’m super allergic to shellfish, but I’ll happily try this with chicken breasts instead! How much chicken would you suggest using? A pound and a half seems like a lot. : )
Thank you!
If it seems like alot, use 1 lb
What would you use Instead of mushrooms?
You can sub any veggie you like.
Yum! I think I’ll try this with scallops (hubby’s allergic to shrimp but not scallops). Thanks!
I made the pork chops it was sooo good . Love the shrimp dish and will make it . It looks delish.
Thanks Gloria
Hi Gina, do you have any plans to join the teams of any of these home delivery services like Plated? I like their concepts but a lot of their menu choices are really high in calories. Collaboration with you would be awesome and I would join in a heartbeat knowing you were behind the recipe menu creations.
Thanks and looking forward to your new book too!
Made this for dinner last night with broccoli because I did not have bok choy on hand, it was wonderful.
That’s great!
I figured the smart points using the nutritional values that were listed because 2 smart points seemed low to me. I came up with 6 smart points per serving? I just want to use the correct points. I plan to make this either way it looks yummy!!
The only accurate way to determine any recipe’s SmartPoints® value is to plug the ingredients into the recipe builder on the Weight Watchers website (Click on “My Foods,” select “Recipe,” and click “Create a recipe.”) which does not count fruits and vegetables in recipes in the calculations as they are now 0 points.
The SmartPoints® calculator isn’t meant for recipes and will often give you the wrong points (usually higher). So if you see a recipe with a SmartPoints® value that’s different from what the calculator tells you, now you know why! Test it out for yourself!
I made this tonight with snow peas instead of bok choy. Fantastic! The flavors of each ingredient really come through. Served it with cauliflower fried rice (which I also had for breakfast with a fried egg), DH asked that this meal be added to our rotation. Thanks, Gina, you always delight and amaze. ????????
Those were supposed to be exclamation points!!
Thanks! Lol
Doesn’t anyone know what size shrimp is used in recipe. Want to make this tonight
Jumbo.
Thank you
Sounds amazing!!!! Will definately make it !!! What is mirin?
Wanted to make this last night for dinner but ended up going out so had it for “brunch” around 11 with some brown rice vermicelli noodles to bulk it up a bit! So yummy! Used rice vinegar because I had it, and chick pea flour, again, because I had it on hand… Then some chili garlic sauce at the end, but could have just used more flakes! So tasty, would be good with brocolli, snap peas…any beggies really! Thanks Gina 🙂
Made this tonight and followed the recipe exactly. Soooo good! Super easy and my husband even helped with the chopping!
made this tonight for dinner it was great !!!
Loved it! Again! Another great recipe. I haven’t come across a dud yet. Thank you for helping me to fill my recipe box and our tummies. Only one problem… I haven’t gone back to my recipe box in quite awhile for an old standby, because you keep coming up with new and tasty recipes to try. thank you
Lol, that’s a good thing though, right?
This is so true! Me too!
This recipe is absolutely amazing! The flavors rival any Chinese restaurant. It is quick and doesn’t require a bunch of ingredients. I will definitely keep this in my regular rotation.
I was dying to try it since the recipe was sent to me last week. Made it tonight and it didn’t disappoint. Very delicious. I like to make a recipe as is to see how it’s supposed to turn out, then make changes the next time around, but I could only get my hands on cremini mushrooms. Since I’ve never had these or shitaki before, I don’t know if it made much of a difference (I did read online that it was a good substitute). I used a pound of bok choy (the whole pkg) and felt like it could have used more in the recipe, even though I used less shrimp (2 pkgs equaled 600 g). I’not sure if my changes made a difference, but I could not get it to thicken in the end. I’m assuming it was to be thick enough to soak up the excess juice. No matter, it was delish as is. Can’t wait for leftovers tomorrow night. LOL Thanks for sharing your fantastic recipe!
I had the leftovers for lunch today and I have to say it’s like pasta….better the next day!
I’ve been cooking SkinnyTaste recipes for a long time and I tried this one and I made no changes..absolutely delicious! First time using bok choy and the flavor was mild. Added to my recipe file as I’ll be making this recipe again.
Made this last night for dinner and will make again. Delicious! Because I had prepared ingredients ahead of time, it took no time to cook. Used regular mushrooms instead of shiitake because that’s what I had on hand.
Great!
Absolutely delicious! I used spinach instead of Bok Choy because that’s what I had. DELICIOUS!
So delicious, everyone asked for more when I cooked it. Thanks for this great recipe! 🙂
Great idea!
My husband cooked this last night because I was running late! It came out fantastic and it was something he was able to cook!
What brand dried herbs and red pepper flakes do you use? I find mine to always be very dull.
wow. just superb as always – amazing flavor! I may have been a little heavy handed on the red pepper, but it was delish!
Made this tonight for dinner and it was hit. Everyone including my 7, 5, and 3 year old ate it without any hesitation!! I served with easy fried rice. Thank you!!
Hi Gina,
I discovered your site recently and have been making a lot of your meals. SO delicious and you never disappoint. My partner and I are both very impressed with your recipes – both the flavour and the health factor! I just stumbled across this one because I had some bok choy that I needed to use, and I’m glad I did.
I’d like to give some feedback that this recipe (which my partner has boldly claimed is ‘the best thing we’ve eaten since starting our diet 4 months ago’!) was a little hard to follow with one giant paragraph of directions. I have tried some of your newer recipes and don’t think you are using this formatting anymore. But just a little tip that it was a bit annoying to follow.
Cheers
Asako
Oops! Thank you for mentioning it!! It is updated now! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed it!
Gina, since finding your website about a month ago, I now make only your recipes for almost every dinner! Every recipe I’ve tried has been amazing! So much flavor yet, healthy dinners that everyone will eat! My family LOVES this particular recipe. I’ve made it a few times now. (Just a side note….I’m not a huge fan of spicy heat, so I use less red pepper flakes) Really great flavor! Thank you SO much for your website and recipes! I truly appreciate them!!!
Hi – I am new to the site and trying to eat healthier. What is contributing to the carbs in the recipe? I thought that meats and veggies were pretty low? This seems a little high, but again, I am still learning.
Thanks!
Wanted a lighter dinner tonight and this fit the bill. Very nice subtle flavors, nothing overpowering. . Fresh ginger is certainly worth it.
My son (16 and reluctantly learning to cook) made this for dinner tonight. Fabulous! Made exactly as recipe said. Going into our rotation!
Great!
I bought too much shiitakes and bok choy to make the Egg Roll Bowls in the Fast and Slow cookbook so I was trying to figure out what to make to use it up when I came across this gem. It was really quick to throw together (the most time consuming part was taking the shells off of my easy peel shrimp) and it is jam packed with flavor. I put it on a bed of brown rice that I whipped up in my Instant Pot. I will definitely be making this one again!
I have made this dish several times, it’s fantastic! I love the way all the flavors & textures come together for a restaurant quality meal. We have served it with rice noodles and brown rice.
This was easy and delicious. I think I’ll use bigger or more cloves of garlic next time. Found hon-mirin (true mirin) at a Japanese grocery and am happy to have it in the pantry!
Delish! I made it Whole 30 compliant. Also, added green onion and shredded carrots.
I served it over spiraled zucchini noodles. Also, added green onions and shredded carrots. I made with shrimp and chicken….Delish both ways. Also, substituted the corn startch for arrowroot and mirin with coconut aminos. to make it Whole30 compliant. A family favorite!