As someone who grew up by the sea, shrimp paste is a condiment often eaten by coastal people. It has the natural umami flavor of shrimp, and after fermentation, it has a taste different from that of fresh shrimp.

Shrimp paste is divided into different types according to the selected raw materials: 1. Shrimp head paste: After crushing the shrimp heads and shrimp shells, adding salt to marinate and fermenting the paste, because the shrimp heads contain shrimp oil, so shrimp head paste

The color is red, and a layer of shrimp oil floats on it after opening the lid.

Shrimp head paste is the cheapest of all shrimp pastes because of its cheap raw materials.

2. Shrimp paste: There is a very small shrimp on the beach in spring. It is usually only used to make sauce or scrambled eggs, but the shrimp paste made with it is the most delicious among shrimp pastes.

3. Shrimp sauce: A sauce made from small, unsaleable shrimps. It tastes much more delicious than shrimp head sauce. It is also a particularly popular shrimp sauce on the market.

How to make shrimp paste delicious?

Shrimp paste is a particularly delicious sauce in spring. In the past, when there were no MSG and other freshness-enhancing seasonings, people on the seaside liked to add a spoonful of shrimp paste to their dishes, which can enhance the freshness of the dishes.

Especially when cooking vegetables, the freshness-enhancing effect of shrimp paste is no less than that of fish sauce and oyster sauce.

Sharing a dish of scrambled eggs with shrimp paste. Main ingredients: shrimp paste, cooking wine, minced green onions, and eggs. Preparation method: 1. Beat the eggs, add cooking wine, and stir evenly. Add shrimp paste, chopped green onion, and eggs and stir evenly to blend the shrimp paste into the eggs.

2. Pour oil into the pot. When the oil temperature rises, stir the solution of eggs and shrimp paste into the pot and fry until the eggs solidify into lumps and then serve out.

The shrimp paste stir-fried in this way can be used to roll pancakes and be eaten with rice and steamed buns. It is a very simple way to make shrimp paste at home.

Selection of shrimp paste: 1. Look at the color: The color of shrimp paste is best to be dark red. If the color is black, the quality will be poor. A layer of red shrimp oil will float on the surface of good shrimp paste. This kind of shrimp paste is

Very good quality shrimp paste.

2. Smell the shrimp paste: The shrimp paste should have a unique umami taste. If there is a smell or peculiar smell, the quality of the shrimp paste is relatively poor, which means that the raw materials for making the shrimp paste are not fresh enough.

3. Taste: Good shrimp paste has its own umami flavor, and it should not have a salty taste. If the shrimp paste is too salty, the saltiness will overwhelm the umami flavor, and the quality will be much worse.

There are many delicacies that can be cooked with shrimp paste. Stewed tofu, stir-fried vegetables, steamed and used as dipping sauces are all very delicious. However, shrimp paste is generally salty, so try to eat as little as possible at one time.