Preparation
15 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Rice porridge dishes are always the top choice for busy housewives due to their simplicity that saves time while ensuring nutrition and flavor. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to make coconut milk shrimp porridge!
Ingredients for Shrimp Porridge For 5 people
Rice 100 gr Dried shrimp 20 gr Fresh shrimp 30 gr Coconut milk 200 ml Young coconut water 200 ml Green onion tops 1 stalk Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cilantro A little Common seasoning A little (pepper/ salt/ seasoning powder)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh shrimp
- Fresh shrimp have a transparent outer shell, smell salty like seawater, and their tails stick together.
- Avoid buying shrimp that feel slimy when touched, and whose bodies are bent instead of straight.
- If you press lightly with your finger and feel something gritty under the shell, do not buy them.
- Absolutely do not buy shrimp with spread tails, as these have been injected with chemicals or water to make them plump.
See details: How to choose fresh, quality shrimp
Coconut milk
- You can buy fresh coconut milk at the market or use canned coconut milk available at supermarkets and e-commerce sites,…. Products are currently available at TasteVN
- In addition, you can also make coconut milk at home following the recipe shared by TasteVN.
See details: How to make smooth coconut milk at home
How to make Porridge
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Wash rice and cook porridge
Wash the rice lightly in 2 rinses to clean.
Add the rice into a pot with 1 liter of water along with 20g of dried shrimp, put it on the stove and cook over medium heat.
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Prepare and pound shrimp
Fresh shrimp, peel, remove the head, and rinse briefly. Place the shrimp in a large bowl with 1 teaspoon of salt, gently squeeze and rub to clean the shrimp’s slime, then rinse with cold water. Rinse again with 200ml of young coconut water.
Use a towel to pat the shrimp dry. Place the shrimp in a mortar and pound until fine, then add 1 stalk of green onion to pound together.
Season the shrimp paste with 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, and continue to pound until the seasoning is mixed into the shrimp.
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Cook the porridge
When the porridge is soft and the grains have expanded, you add each shrimp cake into the pot with 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 2 teaspoons of seasoning, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, stirring well.
When you see the shrimp cakes are cooked and firm, gradually pour in 200ml of coconut milk, stirring continuously.
Finally, taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking, and the dish is complete. Serve the porridge in a bowl, sprinkle some chopped green onion and pepper on top for a delicious and visually appealing touch.
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Final product
So with a little time and a few simple and quick steps, you can prepare a delicious and nutritious pot of porridge for your family.
The porridge has a fragrant, rich coconut flavor, paired with chewy and sweet shrimp cakes, garnished with the green of chopped onions and a bit of pepper, enhancing the dish’s flavors.
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The above is an article guiding how to make coconut milk shrimp porridge with authentic flavor, delicious, rich, and extremely simple and easy to make that anyone can do. Wish you success with this recipe!
*Images and recipe reference from the YouTube channel Vo Quoc Channel.
