Description
A banquet dish steaming butterflied shrimp laid over glass noodles, drenched in massive garlic soy sauce. Glass noodles absorb every drop of 'dashi' falling from the shrimp.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Dongfen(Mung bean glass noodles)
- Shell-on shrimp
- Garlic
- Thick soy sauce
- Scallions
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Cut rehydrated Dongfen, line evenly at the bottom of a deep dish.
- Deeply butterfly shell-on shrimp backs, arrange beautifully over Dongfen.
- [Special Sauce] Mix minced garlic (
- tbsp), Jiangyou Gao, a little sugar, wine, water.
- Plop sauce heavily on shrimp meat.
- Steam in steamer (or Tatung cooker) on high for 5-
- mins.
- Scatter scallions, sizzle a few drops of hot sesame oil to finish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense steamed garlic aroma and sweet shrimp smell
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Scallops (ultra-premium as Suanrong Zheng Ganbei Dongfen)
Pairing
White wine、Taiwan Beer
Trivia
[For Adults] A lavish seafood dish always at Taiwan banquets, but truly a mutiny menu where everyone secretly thinks 'the glass noodles underneath are tastier than the shrimp'. 'Qingzheng' (steaming) means no frying oil, very low cal, offering ultimate cheat-day satisfaction during diets.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] After eating all the shrimp on top, slurp the 'brown-dyed glass noodles'—which absorbed shrimp extract and garlic sauce to the limit—as the ultimate closer!
Allergen
Shrimp, Soy, Wheat (from soy sauce), Sesame