How to make delicious shrimp paste with delicious meat

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Sautéed shrimp with meat is a rustic dish but it is very wasteful and is loved by many people. The ingredients to make this dish are easy to find, easy to buy, but to make delicious shrimp paste, a lot of attention is needed. The following article will suggest to readers some ways to make delicious and safe shrimp paste.

1. What is minced meat with shrimp paste?

Mam shrimp is a specialty dish of Vietnam, with the main ingredients from copper shrimp. Shrimps are similar in shape to shrimp, but the body is clear and pink in color. They often live in freshwater areas such as ponds, lakes, swamps, ...
Shrimps when fermented with salt and other types of hearing will create a dish with a rich flavor but not as salty as fish sauce. Shrimp paste with meat is very delicious to eat in cold weather or as a dipping sauce to dip boiled meat, boiled vegetables... Moreover, when marinating meat, fish with shrimp paste will help increase the flavor of the dish.
You can make your own shrimp paste at home with simple and easy-to-find ingredients.
However, you need to choose fresh ingredients, ensure food hygiene and safety. There have been many cases of food poisoning due to eating shrimp paste with poor quality meat.

2. Note when using shrimp paste with meat properly

If you want good shrimp paste, you need to choose fresh and firm ingredients. Normally, the flesh of field shrimp in the breeding season will be very firm and sweet. Therefore, you should buy shrimp around September - October because this is the best time to pick out quality copper shrimp.
A delicious jar of minced meat with shrimp paste must have an orange-yellow color and a characteristic mild aroma. In particular, this food will not have a pungent or salty smell. The appearance of any strange smell will affect the taste of this dish.

During use, limit the contact with wet utensils, which may lead to spoilage of this food. You need to dry the tool when scooping shrimp paste. At the same time, this food should only be eaten within half a year after opening to enjoy the best taste. After that time, the product will lose its inherent deliciousness.
Shrimp paste can be used in many ways. Many people choose to cook with fish sauce. To increase the flavor, you should only get the shrimp fish sauce by filtering through a cloth bag. The longer it cooks, the thicker and richer the fish sauce will be.
If stored properly, the storage time of shrimp paste with meat can be up to a year or so.

3. Ways to make delicious shrimp paste, keep nutrition

Shrimp paste can be combined with steamed meat and steamed shrimp to create a delicious and unique dish.
3.1. Traditional shrimp paste fish sauce At the preliminary processing step, copper shrimp need to be carefully picked up to remove impurities and dirt. Then, take it to a salt shaker and wash it several times. You should not underestimate this preliminary processing step, because whether the fish sauce is delicious and preserved for a long time will depend on the cleanliness of the shrimp. Use a pot of cooled boiled water mixed with white wine and stir in the shrimp. Then take out the shrimp to dry and crush the shrimp. The next step to make hearing with roasted rice: Roast the rice with low heat until the rice turns yellow, then turn off the heat and wait for it to cool. The requirement for roasted rice when making shrimp paste is that it needs to be pureed. Steps to soak shrimp paste: You can use glass jars or earthen jars to soak fish sauce. You will follow these steps sequentially: a layer of shrimp paste mixed with a layer of salt and then a layer of hearing. Do it over and over until it's over. Store jars of shrimp paste in a dry place for 10-15 days.

3.2. Shrimp paste with lean meat Lean shoulder is the most chosen part of meat to make shrimp paste. Because pork in this position often has a little fat, it will help the dish of shrimp paste with fish sauce not be too dry. On the other hand, the lean part of the shoulder part is not too fat so that the shrimp paste is not too tired. In the preliminary processing step, you need to wash the meat and briefly blanch it in salt water to remove the odor. Proceed to mince the shoulder lean meat, avoid grinding the meat too fine. Spices such as lemongrass, garlic, red onion, galangal are washed, peeled and minced. Marinate the meat with the amount of sugar, shrimp paste to taste, add a little pepper and galangal, lemongrass. Mix the above mixture well and put it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour for the meat to absorb the spices. Steps to make shrimp paste with lean shoulder meat: Heat the pan and add cooking oil. Wait until the oil is hot, saute onion and garlic until fragrant. Put the marinated meat and shrimp paste into the pan, stir until the water dries up and wait for the meat to turn brown, then turn off the heat.
Depending on the taste of each person, you can add chili to increase the flavor and spiciness. After processing, shrimp paste can be eaten immediately or left to cool and then stored in the refrigerator.


3.3. Shrimp sauce with pork belly Similar to pork shoulder, many people like to make shrimp paste with pork belly. After buying meat, you need to preliminarily process it by boiling water with salt to remove the smell. Slice into thin slices. Ingredients such as lemongrass, ginger, and red onion are cleaned, peeled and minced. Marinate the meat with fish sauce and colored water and keep it in the refrigerator for 1 hour to absorb the spices evenly.
Heat a pan and saute onion, garlic and cooking oil. The next step is to stir-fry the marinated meat and shrimp paste. When the meat is cooked, add a bit of lemongrass and stir quickly. Turn off the stove and serve on a plate.
In general, how to make delicious shrimp paste depends on its ingredients. Therefore, you should choose fresh, whole and not crushed shrimps; The portion of pork selected must be fresh. Hopefully with the method, you've got a dish of shrimp paste with rich flavor and food safety.

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