Đặc Biệt Shrimp Balls

Name: Đặc Biệt Shrimp Balls
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: ½ lb. (227 g.) Small shrimp, peeled and deveined, roughly chopped; 2 cloves Garlic, minced; ½ lb. (227 g.) Ground pork shoulder or other fatty part; 1 tbsp. Minced shallots; ½ tsp. Kosher salt; 1 tbsp. Fish sauce (nước mắm); 2 tsp. Granulated sugar; 1 tsp. Coarsely Ground black pepper; 1 tbsp. Finely ground roasted rice powder, rice flour, or cornstarch

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Southeast Asian Flavors

By Robert Danhi

Published 2008

About

Ingredients

½ lb. (227 g.) Small shrimp, peeled and deveined, roughly chopped
½ lb. (

Asia
Vietnam
Snack
Starter
Southeast Asia
Gluten-free

Method

Chill food processor working parts in freezer for 10 minutes. Do the same with the shrimp.
Combine ground shrimp, pork, garlic, shallots, salt, fish sauce, sugar, pepper and rice powder in chilled food processor. Puree shrimp mixture, stopping to scrape down bowl with rubber spatula a few times, until it is a semi-smooth paste Mixture should gather into a single m