Tag: seafood

spring rolls

spring rolls
Ingredients
  1. 1/4 cup fish sauce (nam pla)
  2. 2 tablespoons thinly sliced green onion
  3. 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  4. Pinch of dried crushed red pepper
  5. 2 teaspoons olive oil
  6. 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
  7. 16 uncooked medium shrimp, peeled, deveined, halved lengthwise
  8. 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
  9. 4 cups hot water
  10. 8 6-inch-diameter Vietnamese spring-roll sheets
  11. 4 small Bibb lettuce leaves, halved
  12. 1/2 cup thin strips green onions
  13. 1/2 cup thin strips seeded peeled cucumber
Instructions
  1. Mix first 4 ingredients in small bowl. Set dipping sauce aside.
  2. Heat oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add ginger; sautu00c3u00a9 until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Add shrimp and cilantro; sautu00c3u00a9 until shrimp are just cooked through, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Pour hot water into large bowl. Using tongs, dip 1 spring-roll sheet in water 5 seconds. Remove from water; place on wet towel. Let stand 30 seconds (spring-roll sheet should be soft and pliable; if still stiff, sprinkle with more water).
  4. Place half of lettuce leaf across top third of spring-roll sheet. Arrange 4 shrimp halves on lettuce. Top with 1 tablespoon each of green onions and cucumber. Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon mint over filling. Fold sides of spring-roll sheet over ends of filling. Starting at filled side, roll into cylinder. Place on plate. Repeat with remaining spring-roll sheets, lettuce, shrimp, green onions, cucumber and mint. Serve with sauce.
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Vietnamese Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Lime Dipping Sauce

Vietnamese Shrimp Lettuce Wraps with Spicy Lime Dipping Sauce
Ingredients
  1. 3/4 pound (16 to 20 per lb.) raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
  2. 1/4 teaspoon salt
  3. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  4. 1 package (3 3/4 oz.) cellophane noodles
  5. 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  6. 2 heads Boston or butter lettuce, cores trimmed and leaves separated, rinsed, and drained
  7. 1 large carrot, peeled, ends trimmed, and grated lengthwise into ribbons
  8. 1/4 cup basil leaves
  9. 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
  10. 1/4 cup dry-roasted peanuts, finely chopped
  11. peanut sauce (found here)
Instructions
  1. Put shrimp, salt, and pepper in a pot and add cold water to just cover shrimp. Bring water to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook until shrimp are bright pink and tails are curled, about 1 minute. With a slotted spoon, transfer shrimp to a colander and let cool.
  2. Put cellophane noodles in a medium pot and cover with hot water. Cover pot and set aside until noodles are softened, at least 15 minutes. Drain noodles and (using kitchen scissors) cut into 2- to 3-inch pieces. Return noodles to pot, drizzle with rice vinegar, and toss. Cover and set aside.
  3. To assemble wraps, arrange some noodles in the middle of each lettuce leaf and top with 1 shrimp. Garnish with carrot, basil, cilantro, and peanuts. Tuck up the bottom of each leaf and fold sides inward to eat. Drizzle with or dip into peanut sauce.
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Baked Maryland Blue Crab Dip

Baked Maryland Blue Crab Dip
Ingredients
  1. 6 oz/170 g fresh Maryland blue crab jumbo lump, gently picked clean
  2. 1/2 cup/75 g finely diced red bell pepper
  3. 1/2 cup/25 g finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  4. 3 Tbs snipped fresh chives
  5. 1/2 cup/120 ml reduced-fat mayonnaise
  6. 4 oz/115 g whipped cream cheese
  7. 1 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  8. 1/2 to 1 tsp pepper relish
  9. 1/4 cup/20 g panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
  10. 1/2 tsp grated lemon zest
Instructions
  1. Place the crab in a medium bowl and pick with your fingers. In another medium bowl combine in the mayonnaise, cream cheese, lemon juice, pepper relish. Whip it. Add bell pepper, parsley, and chives. Using a rubber or silicone spatula, gently stir in the crab. Transfer to a small oven safe crock.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the panko and lemon zest.
  3. Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat the oven to 425F. Just before baking, sprinkle the panko mixture on top and bake until the panko is toasty brown and the dip is bubbling at the edges, about 12 minutes. Serve hot's.
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Crab Cakes with Panko

Crab Cakes with Panko
Ingredients
  1. 1/4 cup mayonnaise
  2. 2 scallions, thinly sliced
  3. 1 large egg, lightly beaten
  4. 1 tsp celery salt
  5. 1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
  6. (or substitute celery salt and pepper above for 2 tsp Old Bay)
  7. 2 tsp lemon juice
  8. 1 tiny shallot chopped finely
  9. 1 1/4 cups Panko
  10. 1 Lbs lump crab meat
  11. Coconut oil to fry them in.
Instructions
  1. Roll the crab meat around in your hand to find and discard any shells. Be careful not to break up the meat- lumps are good.
  2. Mix together all the ingredients except Panko and Crab meat.
  3. Add 3/4 cups Panko and the crabs meat, fold very gently and form into about 4-6 cakes. Place the cakes on wax paper and chill for at least 10 minutes.
  4. Coat the crab cakes with 1/2 cup of Panko.
  5. Cook in medium hot Coconut Oil turning once, about 6 - 8 minutes total.
Notes
  1. Server on a soft roll, over a bed of lettuce, or just by themselves. Goes great with creamy caper sauce (also available here)
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Crab Cakes

Crab Cakes
Ingredients
  1. 2 slices firm white sandwich bread
  2. 1/2 pound jumbo lump crabmeat, picked over
  3. 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
  4. 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  5. 1 small egg, beaten (use 2 Tbs, discard the remainder)
  6. Coconut Oil (must not taste like coconut)
Instructions
  1. Chop bread into tiny pieces.
  2. Fold it all together gently without breaking the crab meat up.
  3. Form into about 3 or 4 patties and place on wax paper.
  4. Chill for at least 10 minutes to let them stick together a bit better.
  5. Fry in medium hot coconut oil, turning once, about 6 minutes total.
Notes
  1. Server on a soft roll, over a bed of lettuce, or just by themselves. Goes great with creamy caper sauce (also available here)
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