A lot of shrimp is used for preparing the vast array of Cantonese dim sum. Can’t you imagine the kitchen crew peeling mounds and pounds of shrimp day after day? Don’t be silly, you’re probably saying. They use peeled and deveined shrimp. Yes, they may, but I like to peel and devein my own shrimp. It’s up to you but the prepped shrimp never tastes as good to me.
That aside, there’s a particular prawn forcemeat (a fancy word for paste) that’s used in a number of dim sum preparations. The
fragrant paste is used as a stuffing for mushroom caps, tofu, eggplant, and bell peppers. It may also be deep-fried like a meatball and used as a filling for tofu skin rolls. Or, it can be used like a dough and molded around a crab claw that’s then deep-fried to a crisp. Whatever the use, the paste is pretty much the same.
Traditionally, it was pounded by hand but the food processor is a super handy kitchen helper on this occasion. Here is my version, which I’ll be putting to use in a number of ways for dumplings and dim sum treats.
What if you’re allergic to shrimp?
Try substituting a mild white fish filet, such as sole!
RECIPE
Basic Dim Sum Shrimp Paste
Makes 1 cup
1/2 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined (6 1/2 ounces net weight)
Salt
1 teaspoon cornstarch
Scant 1 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry
1 tablespoon egg white, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons finely chopped scallion, white and green parts
2 tablespoons minced bamboo shoot
1 1/2 teaspoons minced pork fatback or canola oil
1. Refresh the shrimp by putting them in a colander and tossing them with a liberal amount of salt. Rinse immediately under lots of cold water and drain well. Blot dry with paper towel.
2. Coarsely chop the shrimp, then put them in a bowl. Add a scant 1/4 teaspoon of salt, the cornstarch, sugar, pepper, oyster sauce, sesame oil, rice wine, and egg white. Transfer to a food processor and process just until a coarse paste forms. See the photo below for clues.
Transfer to a bowl, stir in the scallion, bamboo shoot, and pork fatback. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 15 to 30
minutes, or refrigerate overnight, before using. The mixture will stiffen as it sits. It can be used at room temperature or cold.
A recipe that use this shrimp paste:
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Shrimp belong to the group of crustaceans within the seafood, a food that has a low level in fat and calories compared to beef and chicken, beef or pork.
Martin
now where has that Xia Fu Pi Kuan recipe gone to? the link is broken 🙁
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Martin, I had to pull that recipe for a print publication. Sorry.
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Hi. Congratulations on a great blog. Its a useful and quick way to learn chinese cooking. In this wonderful recipe for Shrimp paste you have used Shaoxing rice wine or sherry. As a Muslim I cannot use any wine, sherry or any alcohol. Could you suggest a substitute to give a similar flavour? Would really appreciate it. Keep up the good work. Rgds Zeenath Rahim, Bangladesh