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I’ve been cooking garlic steamed shrimp for a while now, and I was looking for new ways to present it. The idea for this dish came to me when I was at work. Once I was able to visualize it, I scribbled it on a small piece of scrap paper. I had some trouble with steaming the eggs though. It took me a while to find the correct egg to water ratio. After 11 eggs, I had found the consistency that I was looking for.

Steamed Shrimp and Eggs

Ingredients

  • 6 pieces of shrimp, de-shelled, and de-veined (I used 26-30 size shrimp, if you can find bigger, go for it)
  • 4 extra large eggs or 5 large eggs
  • 100 ml of water
  • 1 cup of uncooked short grain rice
  • 2 scallion stalks, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
  • dash of salt
  • pinch of pepper

Rice
Cook the rice as you normally would. Make sure to use short grain rice, as the stickyness of it will help it hold the shape of the mold. Add a tablespoon of rice vinegar afterwards and mix well. Cover, and let the rice cool to room temperature. To make the rice discs, I packed the rice into a 1/4 dry measuring cup laced with nonstick spray. I then heated the bottom of the rice discs until it was brown and crunchy.

Steamed Egg
Add the water with the eggs and whisk, add in the 1 stalk of chopped scallions, salt, and pepper Pour the egg in an 8-inch steamer dish. The height of the mixture should be around half an inch. Make sure the heat is set to low when you steam it, or the egg is going to fluff out of control and overcook. It took me about 5 minutes to steam the egg. Check on it after 5 minutes to see if it is cooked. Remove the pan from the steamer and let it cool for a few minutes. Take a round cookie cutter and cut out the circular egg shapes.

Steamed Garlic Shrimp
Place the shrimp to a steamer pan and cover it liberally with the chopped scallions, minced garlic, and minced shallot. Steam the shrimp on low heat. It should take about 5-6 minutes. Do make sure to check up on it!

Stack the egg on the rice and the shrimp on the egg.

While this dish is simple to make, practice is important as the temperature of the steam used to cook the eggs can change the consistency.

As always, please make sure all food is thoroughly cooked before consumption to prevent food-borne illness.

~ Kin

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