Recipes


Shrimp and Sausage Creole

Materials

  • 3/4 lb of shrimp (remove head, shell, and shrimp line)
  • 1/2 lb of andouille sausage (chopped)
  • 1 can of diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup of Zima tomatoes - cut in half
  • 1 small bush of celery - chopped
  • 1 large white onion - diced
  • 4 cloves of garlic - minced
  • 1 serving of Chicken Bouillon + 1 bowl of water (or similar amount of chicken broth)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tbsp cayanne pepper / gochugaru
  • 2 bay leaves
  • dashes of hot sauce
  • dashes of worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp starch
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp cooking wine

Instructions

  1. Mix well in a bowl: shrimp, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp starch, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp cooking wine, 1 clove of minced garlic
  2. Cut the sausage and vegetables
  3. Add vegetable oil to wok, turn heat to medium. Once the oil is hot, add in the marinated shrimp. Stir fry until mostly cooked
  4. Remove shrimp from wok, store for later use.
  5. Add a bit more oil to the wok, add in the diced onions, cook until the raw smell goes away
  6. Add in the celery, cook for ~3 min
  7. Add in the Zima tomatoes and diced tomatoes, stir until the tomato is cooked down
  8. Add in minced garlic, stir to combine
  9. Add in chicken bouillon & water, salt, black pepper, thyme, cayanne pepper, hot sauce, worcestershire sauce, bay leaves. Stir to combine
  10. Bring to boil, then turn the heat down to simmer, let simmer for 20 min
  11. Add in the andouille sausage & shrimp, stir to mix with the broth, bring to boil and turn down to simmer again, let cook for another 15 min

Comments

In step 11. you might need to add more water

Source

Originally from here

h/t to OP for the recommendation of Zima tomatoes

虾仁炒西兰花 / Shrimp and Broccoli Stirfry

Materials

  • 1 (small) head of broccoli, tore apart into small pieces with the stem removed
  • 1 carrot, sliced into edible sections
  • .5 lb of shrimp, remove head and shrimp line
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tbsp of starch
  • 1.5 tbsp of salt
  • 1/4 cup of cooking wine

Instructions

  1. Mix in a bowl the following: 1.5 tbsp of salt, 1 tbsp of starch, shrimp, diced garlic, set aside to marinate
  2. Bring a pot of water to boil, upon boiling, add in broccoli and carrot for 15s, get them out of the pot and set aside.
  3. Add oil to (a different) pan over medium heat, once the pan is hot, add marinated shrimp
  4. Stirfry until the shrimp is still somewhat transparent, add in cooking wine, continue to stirfry
  5. When the shrimp curls up and is fully non-transparent, add in the broccoli & carrot
  6. Bring the heat up to high to boil away the excess moisture
  7. Bring the heat down, add salt to taste, and plate

Comments

I am personally very against adding soy sauce to this dish. Not for any real (read as: taste-related) reason, but just that I don’t like the shrimp + soy sauce coloration.

When I was growing up, this dish was considered a very healthy dish for reasons that I don’t fully understand. Thought it might be worth mentioning.

Family recipe.