Sugarcane Prawns

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    2 to 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      55 min

Appears in
Simply Pho: A Complete Course in Preparing Authentic Vietnamese Meals at Home

By Helen Le

Published 2017

  • About

Pork paste adds a firmer texture to the shrimp in this dish (chạo tôm), but you can also skip it if it’s not available. Pork paste, or giò sống, is a popular item in wet markets in Vietnam. Freshly butchered pork is ground and pounded into a sticky paste. Some Asian stores offer pork paste in frozen form. You can grind and pound fresh meat yourself at home, too. Apply the đập thịt and quết techniques used in the