Homemade Shrimp Ball Paste Steamed with Broccoli 手打蝦膠蒸西蘭花
This gorgeous Homemade Shrimp Ball Paste Steamed with Broccoli, a double whammy veggie and seafood dish for an easy and delicious Chinese dinner dish! Yumm...broccoli and shrimp...two of my favorite things in one easy dish!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 medium broccoli heads
- 1 tsp sugar
- 18 oz fresh shrimp, 600g or around 2 cups
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp corn starch
- 1/2 egg white
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/8 tsp white pepper
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 tsp corn starch
- salt to taste
Instructions
- 1
Wash and cut florets off broccoli. Peel skin off stem and slice diagonally into 1/4 inch thick slices.
- 2
Bring small pot of water to boil, then add in sugar and broccoli for about 10-15 secs or until broccoli turns bright green. Remove immediately from water and run under cool water to stop cooking.
- 3
Shell and devein shrimp.
- 4
Add 1 tsp starch and salt, mix and let rest for 7 mins. Rinse and drain, then dry shrimp thoroughly with kitchen paper.
- 5
Chop roughly, then add to mixing bowl and mash into paste.
- 6
Add in 1 tsp starch, egg white, sesame oil and white pepper and mash and stir in one direction only until completely mixed.
- 7
Gather paste in one hand and throw with some force back into the bowl.
- 8
Repeat for 6 times or so until the paste becomes sticky. Cover and put in fridge for 30 mins.
- 9
Arrange broccoli stem slices evenly onto bottom of steaming plate. Smear 1 tbsp of shrimp ball paste onto top of each broccoli floret, use wet fingers to smooth over and place onto steaming plate in a circular fashion.
- 10
Steam over high heat for 5 mins.
- 11
Use small pot to make sauce. Mix starch and chicken stock together. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat. Salt to taste.
- 12
Once the broccoli is steamed pour sauce over florets and serve hot.