Vietnam

Chạo Tôm

Name: Chạo Tôm
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 400 g Shrimp; 8 pieces Sugarcane pieces; some of each Garlic & shallots; some of each Fish sauce & sugar; some of each Rice paper & herbs; some of each Starch & pepper

Shrimp paste on sugarcane from Hue

Chạo tôm is a specialty of Hue in which seasoned shrimp paste is moulded around a piece of sugarcane and grilled.

The sugarcane perfumes the shrimp from within; it is served with rice paper, herbs and a dip.

Servings3

Time50 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Shrimp400 g
Sugarcane pieces8 pieces
Garlic & shallotssome of each
Fish sauce & sugarsome of each
Rice paper & herbssome of each
Starch & peppersome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Puree the shrimp with garlic, fish sauce and starch into a paste.
Mould the paste firmly around the sugarcane pieces.
Cook over charcoal or in the grill.
Set out rice paper and herbs.
Serve wrapped in rice paper with a dip.

Make it original

Rice paper and fish sauce for chạo tôm are in the Asia Boutique.

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