Vietnamese Shrimp Kebabs

Name: Vietnamese Shrimp Kebabs
Yield: Makes 8
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 1 lb/500 g large raw shrimp, plus 32 whole shrimp for threading; 1 tbsp flour; 1 ½ tsp fish sauce (nuoc nam); soy and chili sauces; 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce; pinch of baking powder; 2 tbsp dried white breadcrumbs; 4 tbsp sesame seeds; generous pinch salt and pepper; 1 egg, beaten; 1 clove garlic, crushed; ½ tsp sugar or honey; 3 tsp/45 ml vegetable oil

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

La Varenne Pratique

By Anne Willan

Published 1989

About

These baked kebabs combine succulent whole shrimp with a smooth shrimp purée enhanced with Asian fish sauce.

Ingredients

1 lb/500 g large raw shrimp, plus 32 whole shrimp for threading

Asia
Vietnam
Dinner
Pescatarian
Southeast Asia

Method

Peel the shrimp and remove the intestinal vein from each one. Wash them well then squeeze out the excess moisture on absorbent paper.
Put the peeled shrimp in a food processor with the flour, baking powder, egg, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and 1 ½ tsp oil. S