Steamed Shrimp Paste Squid 蝦醬蒸鮮魷
This Steamed Shrimp Paste Squid is tender and juicy with a wonderful gently clinging flavor coating of shrimp paste, ginger and garlic. And it looks much fancier than it is with the squid morsels all turned out into charming curls.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 medium squid, cleaned
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
- 4 slices ginger, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp shrimp paste
- 2 tbsp corn starch
- 1 tbsp spring onions chopped to rounds
- 2 tbsp Chinese rice wine
- 1 tbsp sugar
- Dash white pepper
- 1/2 tbsp sesame seed oil
Instructions
- 1
Lay the cleaned out squid tube and make one cut from tip down so that the squid can lie flat. With a sharp knife trace halfway through the squid with a criss cross diagonal on inside side of squid. Cut into bite size pieces. Set aside.
- 2
Heat wok, pour in oil when wok is hot.
- 3
Throw in ginger, garlic and stir fry 10 secs until fragrant.
- 4
Put in shrimp paste, lower heat to medium and stir another 10 secs and then pour in the Paste Mixture. Stir. After 20 secs or so it should be a somewhat thick paste. Remove paste to a bowl to cool.
- 5
Put squid into dish used for steaming. Mix the cooled paste with squid throughly and then mix in the corn starch.
- 6
Steam over high heat for 4 minutes.
- 7
Sprinkle with spring onions and serve.