Shrimp paste is a common food for many people. Shrimp sauce tastes good and has rich nutritional value. Regular consumption can supplement various nutrients and protein needed by the body. At the same time, shrimp paste will produce a very unique flavor and taste very delicious during fermentation. There are many ways to eat shrimp paste, which can be served with meat or cooked.

Classic way to eat shrimp paste

There are different kinds of shrimp paste. Different kinds of shrimp have different colors and tastes. Shrimp paste made of sea shrimp is bright red and delicious, which is the best material for making shrimp paste. In fact, shrimp is not less tasteless than prawns. As long as it is washed and properly sun-dried, shrimp sauce will never be worse than prawns. Delicious shrimp sauce is salty and fresh, with delicate sauce and no fishy smell. It's not as salty as shrimp.

Shrimp sauce is a common sauce in many families in Guangdong. Steamed pork belly with shrimp sauce and fried spinach with shrimp sauce are classic home-cooked dishes. Crispy spinach with sauteed shrimp sauce.

Shrimp paste is a fermented food. During storage, protein will be decomposed into amino acids, which makes it have a unique fragrance and easy to become addicted. Moreover, the calcium contained in shrimp is decomposed into calcium easily absorbed by human body, so shrimp paste is a rich source of high-quality protein, calcium and fatty acids.

Several classic ways to eat shrimp paste;

Shrimp paste is a kind of stored fermented food. Protein will be decomposed into amino acids during storage, which makes it have a unique fragrance, delicious taste and endless aftertaste. The calcium contained in shrimp will be decomposed into calcium easily absorbed by human body. Fat is converted into fatty acids, so shrimp paste is also a rich source of high-quality protein, calcium and fatty acids.

Shrimp sauce is rich in protein, calcium, iron, selenium, vitamin A and other nutrients.

There is also a very important friend ingredient-astaxanthin in shrimp paste, which is by far the strongest antioxidant and is called super vitamin E.

Shrimp sauce can be used as seasoning for all kinds of cooking and hot pot, and can also be used to make many unique and delicious side dishes. A moderate diet is good for your health.

1, steamed meat with shrimp sauce

Ingredients: semi-fat and lean pork, shrimp paste, green and red pepper, ginger and onion.

Seasoning: one teaspoon of bean flour, one teaspoon of sugar and one teaspoon of sesame oil.

Exercise:

(1) Slice the peeled and fat pork (don't cut it too thin, it has a bite) and put it in a bowl to enlarge it. Shred green pepper, onion and ginger, all materials are reserved.

(2) Add shrimp paste, green pepper, ginger and seasoning to pork slices, mix well and marinate for15min, transfer to a pan and smooth, steam for15min, and finally sprinkle ginger evenly.

Note: Steamed pork with shrimp sauce is one of my favorite home-cooked dishes. Although I have been pursuing a diet with less meat and more vegetables in recent years, I occasionally do it to satisfy my appetite. Shrimp sauce tastes salty, so it doesn't need to be seasoned with light soy sauce. It is convenient to use shrimp paste in small packages, about one tablespoon per package.

2. Baked tofu with shrimp sauce

Ingredients: a box of beancurd, fresh shrimp 100g, celery 100g, shrimp sauce 1 spoon (15g), 3 slices of ginger, cooking wine 1 teaspoon (5ml), and water starch 1.

Exercise:

1) Wash the fresh shrimp after removing the shell and sand line. Remove leaves from celery, wash and cut into sections. Wash and slice ginger. Cut the tofu into 2cm pieces, put them in a frying pan and fry them on both sides over medium heat until golden brown.

2) Add a little oil to the pot. When the oil is 70% hot, add ginger slices and stir-fry until fragrant, then add shrimp paste and stir-fry, then add celery and shrimp. At this time, add cooking wine and stir-fry a few times, and then add water, which shall not exceed 1/3 of the ingredients in the pot.

3) Add the fried tofu, cover and cook for 3 minutes, then pour in the starch.

Tips:

1. Shrimp sauce smells strange, but it tastes great when cooked with tofu. It's worth a try. The only fly in the ointment is that the color of the food is not good-looking, so don't expect too much.

There is shrimp sauce in the supermarket. Because shrimp paste contains a lot of salt, don't put too much salt in it, and don't put salt in it when cooking.

The main contents of this dish are tofu and shrimp paste, and other vegetables can be replaced at will according to your own preferences.