1/2 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined (tails left intact optional)
1 tablespoon cooking oil, divided
5 stalks green onion, chopped (white and light green parts)
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, finely minced or grated
INSTRUCTIONS:
In a small bowl, combine oyster sauce, soy sauce and cilantro and set aside.
Pat the shrimp very dry with paper towels. In a medium bowl, add shrimp and cornstarch and toss to coat.
In a wok or large saute pan over high heat, add half the cooking oil and swirl to coat the bottom of the pan. When the wok is very hot, add the shrimp in a single layer and cook partially until one side is seared brown, about 1 minute. Flip and sear the other side of each shrimp, about one more minute. They don't need to be cooked all the way through yet. Remove them to a plate or bowl and set aside.
Turn the heat down to medium and let wok cool off a bit to prevent the aromatics from burning. Add the remaining cooking oil and add green onion, garlic and ginger and stir fry for a minute until fragrant.
Pour in the sauce mixture and add the shrimp back into the pan. Stir fry for another minute until shrimp is cooked through. Serve immediately.
3 Medium tomatoes,minced or grated on the largest holes of a box grater(discard the skin)
1 SSmall onion , minced
7 cups chicken broth
2 1⁄2 cups short-grain rice, preferably valencia or bomba
1 red pepper sliced into 1 inc strips
12 clams
INSTRUCTIONS:
Put saffron and 1⁄4 cup hot water in a small bowl; let sit for 15 minutes. Season chicken and shrimp with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 16″–18″ paella pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken, shrimp, and chorizo and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a plate, leaving meats in pan. Add paprika, garlic, tomatoes, and onions to pan and cook, stirring often, until onions soften, about 6 minutes. Add reserved saffron mixture and broth, season with salt, and bring to a boil over high heat.
Sprinkle in rice, distribute evenly with a spoon, and add peppers. Cook, without stirring, until rice has absorbed most of the liquid, 12-15 minutes. (If your pan is larger than the burner, rotate it every two minutes so different parts are over the heat and the rice cooks evenly.) Reduce heat to low, add reserved shrimp, and nestle in clams hinge side down; cook, without stirring, until clams have opened and rice has absorbed the liquid and is al dente, 5–10 minutes more. Turn heat to high for 1-2 minutes to create the socarrat. Remove pan from heat, cover with aluminum foil, and let sit for 5 minutes before enjoying.
With Valentines Day fast approaching, Rock Recipes has again teamed up with CBC Newfoundland and Labrador, this time to create a 3 course meal for you and your sweetheart. The recipes and recipe videos will roll out once a week leading to the big day in February. Today we start with this delicious appetizer course inspired by Maryland crab cakes. I've chosen shrimp to make the crispy cakes this time, in a bit of a different and slightly more economical twist.
They are delicious served over a simple green salad where the homemade cilantro lime aioli serves not only as a tasty accompaniment to the shrimp cakes but as a dressing for the salad as well. You can make the shrimp cake mixture earlier in the day, then just roll them in the crumb mixture and take a few minutes to fry them on the night of your dinner.
Here are the links to the other two courses in this Sweetheart Dinner:
·2 tsp hot sauce (optional) or pinch of chili flakes
·1egg, lightly beaten
·1 tbsp chopped cilantro
·1/3 cup panko crumbs + 1/3 cup cracker crumbs mixed
·Approximately 2/3 cup canola oil for frying
Toss together the shrimp meat with the 1/2 cup cracker crumbs, mayonnaise, lime zest,Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, hot sauce, egg and cilantro.
Form into 6 balls by hand.Roll in the additional cracker crumb/panko crumb mixture.
Heat about a half inch of canola oil in a skillet or sate pan over medium-low heat. You want these to fry gently; they will burn quickly if the oil is too hot.
Fry until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
Lime Cilantro Aioli
·1 clove garlic finely minced
·1 tsp dijon mustard
·1 large egg yolk
·Pinch salt
·Pinch black pepper
·½ tsp finely minced lime zest
·1 tablespoon lime juice
·½ cup olive oil
·1 tbsp chopped cilantro
Add the garlic, mustard, egg yolk, lime zest, salt, pepper and lime juice to a blender. Turn on the blender at medium to medium high speed. Pour in the olive oil very slowly in a thin, continuous stream until the aioli thickens. Pulse in the chopped cilantro at the end. Serve over the shrimp cakes.