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| Steamed Chicken with Shrimp Paste |
This is a homey dish that you may not find in any recipe book or in a restaurant, but is often served at the dinner table in a Chinese home. It is comfort food to many. The essential ingredient to this chicken dish is shrimp paste - which brings out the sweetness of the chicken. Dark meat is preferred for this dish, although breast meat will also work. The shrimp paste used in this case is the Chinese shrimp paste, which you may purchase in an Asian supermarket. We used the 'Lee Kum Kee's Shrimp Sauce (Finely Ground) for this recipe. It is easy to cook and goes perfectly with steamed rice.
Level: Easy
Time to cook: 30 - 35 minutes
Servings: 4
Tips: When frying the shrimp paste, beware of the splatter. However this step is essential because it enhances the flavor. Also be careful of the use of shrimp paste because of its intensity. A little bit goes a long way!
Ingredients:
1. 6 medium sized chicken thighs
2. 1 fresno pepper (sliced)
3. 3 cloves of garlic (sliced)
4. 1 tbsp of olive oil to fry shrimp paste
5. 0.5 tbsp of olive oil to line the pan
6. Cilantro to garnish
7. A drizzle of sesame oil to garnish
8. 1 to 1.5 tbsp of shrimp paste - depending on how salty you want the dish to be
Preparation
1. Debone chicken, remove excess fat and cut as thinly in slices as possible.
2. Heat pan over medium heat, pour 1 tbs of olive oil.
3. Fry the shrimp paste in the oil together with the chili and garlic for no more than 1 min
4. Pour the paste over the sliced chicken as follows
5. Mix thoroughly
6. In the meantime, set the steamer up and wait for the water to boil. If you don't have a steamer, place a rack inside a wok, pour water up to the height of the rack and cover. Wait until the water boils before proceeding.
7. Place the marinated chicken in a greased glass or metal plate, then cover with aluminium foil.
8. Cook in the steamer for 20 to 25mins. Make sure you cover it.
9. Sprinkle cilantro and drizzle sesame oil.
9. Sprinkle cilantro and drizzle sesame oil.
10. Serve with steamed rice. Enjoy!
Copyrighted delimilli 2011
Copyrighted delimilli 2011
Wow Ros and Connie, what an amazing blog. I will try to re-create some of your yummy dishes. Thanks for sharing and please invite us when you are cooking these wonderful dishes, hahaha.
ReplyDeleteAnita
Hi Anita,
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and yes, try some of these recipes. Easy, delicious and not too time consuming. We will find a good time to organize a dinner of homecooked dishes in Chicago when time permits. Will keep you posted. :)
Ros
Wow! Perfect recipe, was looking for this for a long time and couldn't find this recipe anywhere. Thanks for sharing. (They used to sell LKK's Finely Ground Shrimp Paste in the UK but not anymore..!!! Absolute disaster!)
ReplyDeleteTsu Lin - thanks for the note! Yes this is a delicious and very simple dish that we love to cook at home. it is very tasty and so homey. Can't find it in any restaurant other than one's own kitchen. Hope you give it a shot and let us know how it went. :)
ReplyDeleteWe love LKK's finely ground shrimp paste too!