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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Stir-fried razor clams with tamarind is a stir-fry dish deliciously combined with the sour taste of tamarind and the sweet chewy texture of razor clams. If you’re looking for a dish to refresh your family’s palate, let’s cook with TasteVN right now!
Ingredients for Stir-fried Razor Clams with Tamarind Serves 3
Razor clams 300 gr (elephant trunk clam) Tamarind juice 1 tablespoon Minced garlic 1 tablespoon Minced chili 1/2 tablespoon Minced shallots 1 tablespoon Vietnamese coriander a little Chili sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Sugar/ monosodium glutamate a little
How to choose fresh and delicious razor clams (elephant trunk clams)
- You should choose razor clams that are uniform in size, large oval shape, with two valves of equal size. The front end of the razor clam is sharply curved, while the back end is rounder, and the valves slightly open at both ends, longer at the back end.
- Fresh and delicious razor clams are those with tightly closed shells; if the shell is open, it should close quickly when touched, with a lot of clear liquid inside and a slightly fishy smell.
- You should avoid buying razor clams with fully opened shells or those that close slowly when touched, with little and cloudy liquid inside and a foul smell, as these are dead clams and cannot be used.
How to cook stir-fried razor clams with tamarind
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Prepare the razor clams
After buying razor clams, soak them in water and scrub them several times to clean the outer shell. Use hot water around 70 – 80 degrees Celsius to pour directly over the body of the razor clam to open the shell.
Then remove the entire outer skin at the head of the razor clam. Proceed to separate the shell from the clam and wash the sand inside the belly.
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Prepare the ingredients
To make tamarind sauce, add to a bowl 1 tablespoon of tamarind paste, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 spoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, 1/2 tablespoon of minced chili, stir well and adjust the seasoning to taste.
For the Vietnamese balm, pick the young leaves, then wash them thoroughly and let them drain.
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Make stir-fried razor clams with tamarind
Place a pan on the stove, wait for the pan to heat up, then add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, along with minced onion, minced garlic, sauté until golden and aromatic, then add the razor clams and stir-fry over high heat.
Next, add the tamarind sauce and stir until the razor clams are tender, adjust the seasoning to taste, then turn off the heat. Serve the razor clams on a plate and enjoy with Vietnamese balm.
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Final Product
Stir-fried razor clams with tamarind combines the sour and spicy tamarind sauce, with chewy and crunchy razor clams, promising to bring a delicious and flavorful dish that makes family meals more appealing.
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