How to make beef dipped in fragrant shrimp paste, delicious to taste

How to prepare Beef dipped in shrimp paste

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  Prepare the ingredients

  After buying the beef, wash it clean, let it drain, and then use a knife to cut it into thin slices.

  How to clean beef properly without odor:

  • You should avoid washing beef directly under running water because doing so can easily wash away the nutrients in the meat.
  • Instead, you can use a damp cloth to gently wipe the entire piece of meat.
  • Additionally, you can eliminate the odor of the meat by roasting a piece of ginger until cooked. Then, you crush the ginger and rub it onto the meat.

  See details: How to clean beef properly without odor

  You can put 200g of shrimp paste into a bowl (the type of bowl used for rice) for easy seasoning while cooking.

  For the pork bones, wash them clean and let them drain.

  Shallots and garlic, after buying, peel them, and wash them clean with water. Choose 2 shallots and 2 cloves of garlic to finely chop.

  For the pumpkin shoots, sweet potato leaves, and water spinach, remove the old and rotten shoots, keeping the young ones. Then, wash these vegetables with clean water and let them drain.

  Cut off the roots and leaves of the lemongrass, wash it again with clean water, let it drain, and crush it.

  

  

  

  
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  Cooking Shrimp Paste

  You put a non-stick pan on the stove, add 2 spoons of cooking oil into the pan, turn on the heat and wait for the oil to heat up. Next, add minced shallots and garlic to the pan and sauté evenly.

  When the ingredients turn golden, add all 200g of shrimp paste into the pan and stir for a few seconds. Then, pour about 2/3 of a can of 7 Up into the pan and gently stir to combine the shrimp paste and 7 Up.

  When the mixture in the pan starts to boil, turn off the heat and prepare another pot. Next, place the pot on the stove. Use a slotted spoon on top of the pot. Then, pour the shrimp paste from the pan into the pot through the slotted spoon to filter out any residue left in the shrimp paste.

  Pour 1 liter of pork bone broth (broth that has been simmered for 3 hours), add smashed lemongrass, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 2 teaspoons of sugar into the pot and stir well. Next, add 3 shallots, 3 garlic cloves, 2 teaspoons of chicken powder, and 1 teaspoon of chili powder to the pot to enhance the dish’s flavor.

  While waiting for the broth to boil, you can arrange the slices of beef on a plate with a bit of fried shallots and garlic sprinkled on top.

  When the broth has boiled, add 1 bowl of fried pork fat (the type of bowl for dipping sauces) into the pot to cook for a few seconds and then turn off the heat.

  

  

  

  
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  Final Product

  The hotpot beef dipped in shrimp paste with thin, tender slices of beef is full of nutrients, dipped in shrimp paste broth with its distinctive aroma, combined with the sweet and light taste of pork bone broth and the sweet and sour flavor of 7 Up.

  Serve the dish with a bit of pumpkin shoots, some water spinach, and a bowl of dipping sauce made from shrimp paste mixed with fried onions and garlic, broth, and a little lime juice, and you’ll be hooked and forget the way back.

  Just hearing about it makes it sound really tempting, right? Get into the kitchen and try it out now!