Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Tom cuon mua xuan ( Shrimp with aromatic herbs)

TOM CUON MUA XUAN















INGREDIENTS:
 Some fresh lettuce, ( iceberg, green leaf, Boston)
 1 shallot
 1 tea spoon of ground pepper
 2 table spoon of fish sauce
 3 fresh  chicken eggs
3 table spoon of healthy cooking oil
 12 tiger prawn( medium ) shrimp
 1 tea spoon of salt
 a few slices of fresh ginger
12 Fresh mint stems
 Fresh chili( optional)
Ginger dipping sauce


DIRECTIONS:

Rinse the lettuce well, dry with paper tower or with  salad spinner. Cut into 4x8 cm pieces. Need 12 pieces














Cut the shallot into smaller pieces. Use a Chinese cleaver to beat them, then finely chop to take the essence of the shallot out.







Chicken egg: 3


Beat the egg and mix well with chopped shallot. Add fish sauce, ground pepper








Make omelette in a square non- sticky pan or a round pan to gain the thickness of 1 cm omelette on medium high heat. Cut them into 12  4x8 cm rectangular pieces.



  Bring  half cup of water  to rolling boil, then add 1 teaspoon of salt and a few slices of  fresh ginger, then the shrimp to reduce the fishy smell of the shrimps. Cook them  on medium high heat for about 3 minutes. Rinse well with cold water. Remove and discard the shell.



 12 stem of scalion.



Rinse well. Poach in boiling water for 2 seconds and put immediately into very cold water to keep the green color













Fresh mints: 12 stems ( use the top with 4-5 leaves on 1 stem only)






















































































































































































































































































































































































































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