How to make delicious Western shrimp paste, not fishy at home

Prepare
20 Minutes Processing
60 Minutes For
4-5 people

Today we will show you how to make Western sour shrimp paste super simple but the ingredients are also easy to find. Let’s get started.

Preparing ingredients will have many of you wondering why we call shrimp shrimp or shrimp shrimp because in each region, the way to call it will be different. If the North and the Central region call it shrimp, the people in the West call it shrimp, so we can still process it the same way.

Reference: Shrimp makes something delicious and very simple, please refer to the following article of Bach Hoa Xanh!

Ingredients for making Western sour shrimp paste

• Shrimp (shrimp): 600g
• Fish sauce: 200ml (about 3/4 cup)
• Sugar: 200 – 250g (about 3/4 cup)
• White wine (split 2 times): 40ml
• Garlic: 60g (about 1 garlic)
• Red chili: 100g (about 3 horned chili peppers)

• MSG: 6g (1/2 tablespoon)
• Salt: 6g (1/2 tablespoon)
• Glass jar: 1 jar

Good tip:
– To choose to buy fresh shrimp, you need to choose the best live shrimp , with a transparent shell, the body is still solid and not soft, the tail is folded.
– Do not choose to buy shrimps with unusual odors and opaque colors.

Ingredients for making Western shrimp paste

How to make delicious Western sour shrimp paste

Step 1Process materials

Wash the shrimp, then you take the top of the brick and remove the dirty thread on the back of the shrimp. Next, wash the shrimp again with salt water , then rinse with clean water and let it dry for 5-10 minutes.

Note: When preliminary processing, you can keep the brick head of the shrimp , but doing so will quickly spoil and the water will also be cloudy.

Preliminary processing and extraction of thread

The chili you bring is sliced and removed all the seeds, and the garlic is also sliced . Then you put the cut chili and garlic in the sun for about 15 minutes . After the chili and garlic will shrivel, you divide into 2, half you mince, half slice, the rest you keep.

Preliminary garlic and chili

After the shrimp has been drained, you add 30 ml of alcohol (about 1 full wine) and mix well by hand . Then let it sit for about 5-10 minutes for the wine to soak into the shrimp .

Marinate wine and shrimp

Next, you put the shrimp in a basket and then put it outside to dry for about 4-6 hours (the weather is hot).

Note: When you put the shrimp in the basket, take a film to cover it from the dust.

Dried shrimp

Step 2Cook a mixture of shrimp paste

Mix well the mixture of 200ml fish sauce, 200g sugar, 6g monosodium glutamate, 6g salt together. Then you put it on the stove and keep the heat to medium. Continue to cook for about 10 minutes until the fish sauce dissolves all the sugar. Then turn off the heat and let it cool.

Note: You must let the mixture of shrimp paste to cool down , then put it in the jar to soak so that the shrimp paste will not be damaged!

Make fish sauce mixture

Step 3Soak fish sauce

After drying for enough time, bring in the shrimp. Shrimp have been hunted, have a slightly red tail, slightly ripened by the sun . At this time , slowly add the remaining 10 ml of white wine to the shrimp , do not add too much, it will cook the shrimp and marinate for 10 minutes.

As for the fish sauce, after it has cooled down, you can add the whole garlic and minced chili peppers and slice them into the fish sauce . Next, pour the fish sauce mixture into the shrimp and mix well.

Mix shrimp and fish sauce

Then you put the mixture of shrimp and fish sauce into the jar.

Note: You need to wash the container clean and dry , because if it is wet, it will easily be damaged quickly, not preserved for a long time.

Put the shrimp in a glass jar

Prepare a bag filled with water to press the shrimp to absorb the seasoning. Then marinate for about 15 days (for large shrimp) . For small shrimp, soak for about 10 days . Every day you bring it out in the sun to dry.

Good tip: In addition to using bubble bags, you can use leaves or clean wooden sticks to press the shrimp face.

Use a bag of water on top of the shrimp to let the shrimp soak up the seasoning

Step 4Finished product

Shrimp sauce has an eye-catching red color, a characteristic aroma and a very attractive sweet and sour taste.

Western shrimp paste

Enjoy

Western shrimp paste is sweet and sour mixed with mild spicy. You can add shredded papaya and put it in the jar of shrimp paste . Normally, shrimp paste will keep for 3-4 months without refrigeration . Can be eaten with pork, vermicelli, green banana, star fruit, it’s super delicious.

See more: How to make delicious Hue sour shrimp paste at home

Enjoy

Hopefully this simple tutorial will help you have more Western shrimp paste to serve with your daily rice dishes or treat guests on special occasions. If you have any ideas, please leave a comment for us to consider!

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