This version of butter garlic shrimps has an extra oommph in flavours, all thanks to the addition of fish sauce!
Don’t be surprised if you thought you tasted something similar like this during your trip in Vietnam!
The seafood shops in beach cities in the South like Nha Trang, Vung Tau, Mui Ne etc always have this on their menus, and you can choose this style of cooking for crabs, all types of snails, clams or shrimps.
However, although named as “bơ” in Vietnamese, aka butter, they often use margarine. Just choose the one that you prefer!
INGREDIENTS: (2 servings)
• 15 medium shrimps, deveined. (You can leave shells and heads on for more flavours!)
• 2-3 tbs of unsalted butter/margarine
• 2.5 tbs of fish sauce, 2.5 tbs of sugar (adjust to taste as different brands give different level of saltiness)
• 1 bulb of garlic, 2 sprigs of spring onions (or adjust the amount as you like)
• A loaf of baguette/your preferred bread
• Salt, chili flakes to taste
STEPS:
• Finely mince garlic & white part of spring onions
• Finely chop green part of spring onion (for garnishing)
• Heat butter/margarine in a pan under medium heat
• Add shrimps, sprinkle a little bit of salt and fry for 1 minute
• Add minced garlic and white part of onion and continue cooking until they are cooked
• Add fish sauce and sugar, keep stirring to thicken the sauce
• Remember to adjust to taste, so that it has good balance of saltiness and sweetness
• Lastly add chopped green part of onion and remove from heat.
• Serve hot, sprinkle chili flakes to taste.
• Best eaten with toasted thick baguette slices. Enjoy mopping up that awesome sauce!
bon appetit
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