Spicy Shrimp Cakes – All Killer, No Filler

I dearest Asian-style fish or shrimp cakes, but most never lodge them at restaurants, as well as the argue is a niggling affair called “food cost. “While the best tasting, as well as textured shrimp cakes are made alongside pure shrimp, chefs direct maintain ever added some type of cheap, starchy filler to brand the dish to a greater extent than profitable.  

Oh sure, they telephone band it a “binder,” but brand no mistake, it’s at that topographic point to stretch a pound of shrimp into ii pounds of cakes. Home cooks direct maintain been known to create the same thing, for pretty much the exact same reasons, but if you lot desire to relish shrimp cakes inwards their most pure form, I encourage you lot to laissez passer on this a try. It solely takes a few minutes to set together, assuming you lot direct maintain a nutrient processor, but fifty-fifty if you lot don’t, they tin nevertheless last yours.

You’ll but require to pile upward your ingredients on a cutting board, as well as using a large knife or cleaver, chop until you lot teach a paste, which volition direct maintain less fourth dimension as well as attempt than you lot expect. Maybe 5 minutes of the ol' choppa choppa, as well as you lot should direct maintain something real like to what I achieved.

You tin play but about alongside the flavorings here, as well as it’s non a bad stance to laid a pocket-size slice of the mixture to exam for spiciness, salt, etc. And please, don’t overcook these. They solely require a infinitesimal or ii per side. Even if they are a niggling translucent inside, equally they sit down for a infinitesimal on the newspaper towel, they volition complete cooking through. I actually promise you lot laissez passer on these a show soon. Enjoy! 

Ingredients for 8 appetizer sized portions:

NOTE: I made mine alongside 24-ounce of shrimp, but since it’s to a greater extent than oftentimes than non sold inwards pound units, these ingredients are for a two-pound batch

2 pounds raw peeled as well as deveined shrimp

1 rounded tablespoon finely crushed garlic

2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves as well as stems

1 or 2 teaspoons sambal chili paste, or freshly minced hot peppers

1 teaspoon kosher tabular array salt (you tin ever starting fourth dimension alongside 3/4 teaspoon, thus laid some to taste, as well as adjust)

1/2 teaspoon fish sauce

1 teaspoon dark-brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

pinch of cayenne

Panko breadcrumbs equally needed

vegetable crude for frying

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