Shrimp Sinigang (Sinigang na Hipon)
Shrimp sinigang is a Filipino comfort meal packed with tender shrimp, vegetables, and a tangy tamarind broth. Served warm over rice, this meal is perfect for the rainy or chilly seasons!
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 cups water
- ~400 g shell-on shrimps (cleaned and deveined)
- 2 roma tomatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 onion, quartered
- ~1 cup white radish, cut into 0.5u0022-thick disks
- 1.5 -2 cups tamarind concentrate (depending on how sour you like your soup to be)
- 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
- 0.5 -1 tsp kosher salt, to taste
- ~1 cup eggplant, cut into 0.5u0022-thick disks
- 2-4 bokchoy, halved
- ~1 cup string beans, cut into 5u0022-thick pieces
- 6-8 pieces of okra
- 1-2 chili peppers, whole
Instructions
- 1
In a moderately large pot, bring the five cups of water to a boil. Once boiling, add in the tomatoes, onions, and white radish. Turn the heat down to medium and let the vegetables simmer and infuse their flavors for 10 minutes until softened.
- 2
Pour in the tamarind paste, fish sauce, and salt. Mix until well combined.
- 3
Add in the cleaned shrimp, eggplant, bokchoy, string beans, okra, and chili peppers. Close the pot with a lid and simmer for an additional 5 minutes just until the shrimp is cooked and the vegetables have softened.
- 4
Taste the soup, and season with more salt, fish sauce, and/or tamarind paste to preference. Serve warm. Enjoy!