How to make delicious, Western standard papaya shrimp paste

Western shrimp paste is different from other types of shrimp paste such as Hue shrimp paste or pickled shrimp paste. It has a sweet taste with a moderate sour taste, captivating everyone. What are you waiting for without going to the kitchen with lassho.edu.vn to make Western standard papaya shrimp paste!

Prepare
20 Minutes Processing
30 Minutes For
3-4 people

Ingredients for making papaya shrimp paste

• 1kg fresh shrimp
• 50g garlic
• 50g ginger
• 100g papaya
• 5 dangerous chili
• 1 horny chili
• Spices: Sugar, salt, white wine, fish sauce
• Utensils: Glass jars, bowls, forks, knives, pots

Tips for choosing fresh shrimp:
– Choose shrimp with shiny, large size, tail curls and no fishy smell so that when cooked, it will be more delicious and firmer.
– Avoid buying shrimp with tail spreading like a propeller, the back is fat and white because these are the animals that are injected with chemicals, which are easy to harm health.

Ingredients for making papaya shrimp paste

How to make papaya shrimp paste

Step 1Prepare and marinate shrimps

Prepare and marinate shrimps

Cut off the top of the shrimp, remove impurities and residue. Then, sprinkle salt on the shrimp and rub it well, wash it many times with water. Next, put about 1 cup of white wine in the bowl of shrimp, rub it for 2 minutes and then drain.

Tip: Diluted brine can be used instead of white wine to reduce the pungent smell of shrimp

Step 2Prepare other ingredients

Prepare other ingredients

Chop the hot pepper, slice the garlic, and chop the ginger. Sliced papaya and chili horn.

Step 3Cooking fish sauce

Cooking fish sauce

Put the pot on the stove, put the fish sauce and sugar in and cook over low heat. Then, stir until the sugar is completely dissolved, then turn off the heat and let it cool.

Step 4Sauteed shrimp paste

Sauteed shrimp paste

Put into the container in turn: Pre-processed shrimp, ginger, garlic, and minced chili. Next, add 200g papaya, cut horn chili. Finally, use chopsticks to mix well, gently and then add fish sauce until the jar is just submerged

Note:
– Remember to wash the jar thoroughly by rinsing with boiling water, drying in the sun.
– To make shrimp paste bright red and be used after 1 week, use plastic blisters or bamboo slats to insert shrimp and spices so that they do not float on the surface of fish sauce, then dry in the sun.

Close the jar of fish sauce so that air does not enter and cause damage to the fish sauce. Put the jar of fish sauce at normal temperature, it can be stored in the refrigerator for long-term use (6-12 months).

When using, remember to take clean chopsticks and spoons to scoop out to avoid spoiling the fish sauce.

Reference: Delicious dishes from shrimp

Finished product

Papaya shrimp paste

When finished, shrimp paste will have a beautiful color with the yellow of papaya, bright red of shrimp and dark red of chili. The taste of the dish is equally good when the sour and sour taste blends with the moderate sweetness. This dish is served with raw vegetables, fresh vermicelli to ensure non-stop eating.

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

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