Salt-Cured Sweet Shrimp
Salt-Cured Sweet Shrimp

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, salt-cured sweet shrimp. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Salt-Cured Sweet Shrimp is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Salt-Cured Sweet Shrimp is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook salt-cured sweet shrimp using 4 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Salt-Cured Sweet Shrimp:
  1. Prepare 30 shrimp Amaebi (sweet shrimp)
  2. Prepare 1/2 tsp Salt
  3. Take 1 tsp Shochu
  4. Make ready 1/2 Red chili
Steps to make Salt-Cured Sweet Shrimp:
  1. Obtain fresh amaebi (called sweet shrimp). All this was 300 yen.
  2. Pull the heads off the shrimp.
  3. Peel the shells off too, and separate the shrimp, shells and heads. The shells and heads can be used to make soup stock so don't throw them out.
  4. Rinse the peeled shrimp quickly in shochu (an appropriate amount-not the 1 tsp listed with the ingredients), and pat dry with paper towels.
  5. Mix the peeled shrimp with 1 teaspoon of shoshu, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and sliced red chili pepper.
  6. Put the shrimp in a jar that has been sterilized in boiling water, and leave to mature for 2 days. Stir it gently with chopsticks occasionally.
  7. Done! They are rich and plump with a refined saltiness that is delicious. They don't keep well, so finish them within 2 to 3 days.
  8. The shrimp shells yield great stock so don't throw them out. If you make miso soup using this stock, it's sublime! You can put the heads in the miso soup, or deep fry them dusted with flour.

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