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Here are two recipes that have been tried and time tested for years with great raves: honey walnut shrimp (HWS) and Jenny's Shrimp (JS). The two dishes are Asian influenced and give off two very different flavors. The HWS is creamy and sweet with bits of walnut to crunch up the palate while the JS is very bold--spicy and tangy with lots of garlic. They are simple to make and will be crowd pleasers! :)
Before making the delicious sauces, we have to have a base of fried shrimp:
Prep: How to Bread and Fry Asian Shrimp
1 cup cornstarch
water
peeled and de-veined shrimp
Combine 1 egg white, 1 cup cornstarch and water. Add water until you get a slurry/smooth consistency. Make sure it is not lumpy.
Dip shrimp in mixture and fry in oil for 3 minutes--until it is crispy. Shrimp may not become brown and be a slighly tannish color. If the shrimp is brown, you probably overcooked the shrimp.
1. Honey Walnut Shrimp
Things You Will Need:
Fried Shrimp
Sweetened/glazed walnut
Condensed Milk
Mayo
honey
salt & pepper
lemon juice
What to Do:
Put about 4 tbsp of mayo into a food processor or bowl. Add 1 tbsp of condensed milk and 1 tbsp of honey into the food processor/bowl. Also add 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
Once mixture is well blended, add a small pinch of salt and pepper to taste.
You are nearly done! Mix the shrimp into the sauce and add in the walnuts. Easy! :)
2. Jenny's Shrimp
Things you will need:
Fried Shrimp
ketchup
sweet chili sauce--can also be sweet and sour sauce
Korean hot pepper paste (gochu jang 고추장)--optional
hot sauce
garlic
onion
What to Do:
Saute the garlic and onions until brown. Add in about 3 tbsp of sweet chili sauce and 1 tbsp of ketchup.
Next add in a few shakes of hot sauce for kicks! Now to take it up one more a notch, we put in a good squirt of Korean pepper paste--totally optional. :P
Now mix in the fried shrimp into the sauce...and done! :)
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Let's dive in!
1. Steak Mojo
Things You will Need:
Skirt Steak (you can use any cut of your choice)
Garlic - 4 cloves
Cilantro
Lime juice
Lemon juice
Jalapeno - fresh or can
1/2 cup Olive Oil
2 tablespoons White Vinegar
S + P
* It all seems like a lot, but it REALLY isn't! You'll see!
*We ended up not using the tomato. Not pictured in this picture is the garlic
To start off, we have to first marinate the meat. We chose to use to skirt steak but you can use anything you would like. The most common are top-round, sirloin, flank etc you commonly used in carne asada.
To marinate the steak, combine garlic, jalapeños, lime juice, lemon juice, cilantro, white vinegar, olive oil, and salt and pepper in a food processor/chopper. You can also just chop up the ingredients if you don't have one...but this will take forever!
The Marinade should look like this:
Let the steak marinate in the fridge for 1 hour or more for a stronger flavor.
In the meantime, let's prepare the rice (Scroll down for recipe)!
1 Hour Later....
Set a pan on high heat and heat the pan to a high heat. Add your steak to a dry pan and begin to fry it up. Cook the steak to your liking. For burritos, we prefer to have the steak medium well.
2. Rice
Things You Will Need:
1 tsp of veg. oil or butter
fresh cilantro
2/3 cup long grain or white basmati rice
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 lime for juice
We adapted this recipe from an online source that stated that it was released from Chipotle! So yay, for those of you who love Chipotle's Rice--let's celebrate! :)
Heat oil/butter over low heat and stir until melted. Add rice and lime juice. Stir for one minute.
Add water and salt, bring to a full boil. Once boiling, cover, turn down heat so that it simmers and cook until rice is tender ~25 minutes.
Once the rice is done, stir in the fresh cilantro.
DONE! How EASY was THAT?
3. The Accessories!
NOW the burrito is almost done. Go to the grocery store and get some cheese, sour cream, etc. Don't forget to get your flour tortilla too! Pile on the rice, meat, sauce, cheese, and sour cream. Wrap it up and YESSS.. dig in folks!
NOTE: We also made some corn salsa. If you would like this recipe, email us, and we will gladly share it with you. We wanted to post it up, but unfortunately, no pictures were take of this, so we decided not to post it up.