Recipes: Hue bloating fren-shaped cake with shrimp and scallion oil (bánh bèo man)
Makes 32 pancakes, serves 4 as a starter
For scallion oil:
2 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced ( 1/2 cup)
2 tablespoons canola or other neutral oil
1 cup rice flour, any Thai brand from an Asian market (Note: Do not use glutinous rice flour)
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons canola or other neutral oil
1 3/4 cups water
For shrimp topping:
1/3 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 pinches of salt
1 tablespoon canola or other neutral oil
1 tablespoon finely minced shallot
Pinch of sugar
2 pinches of white pepper
1/2 teaspoon fish sauce
For sauce:
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons unseasoned Japanese rice vinegar
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 Thai or serrano chile, thinly sliced (optional)
The garnish will keep for several hours at room temperature. Or, cover and refrigerate for up to 7 days, then bring to room temperature before using. Makes about 1/4 cup.
To make batter: In a bowl, stir together rice flour, cornstarch and salt. Make a well in the center, pour oil and water into the well, and whisk together to produce a thin, smooth batter. You should have about 2 cups batter. Let batter rest for 30 minutes.
To make topping: In small saucepan, combine shrimp and salt with water just to cover and bring to boil over medium heat. Cook about 8 minutes, or until all water has evaporated. (This intensifies flavor of shrimp.) Transfer shrimp to small bowl and set aside to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer shrimp to a mini food processor and process to a minced, fluffy texture. Or mince by hand using a knife. Return shrimp to bowl.
In small non-stick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add shallot and saute about 1 minute, or until fragrant. Add shrimp and stir to combine. Sprinkle in sugar, pepper and fish sauce. Continue to cook, stirring, 3 to 4 minutes to dry shrimp, lowering heat when bits of shrimp pop. Shrimp are done when they look crumbly and are brilliant orange. Transfer to bowl and set aside until ready to use. (Shrimp may be prepared up 3 days in advance, cooled, covered, and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before using.)
To make sauce: In a small bowl, combine sugar, vinegar, water and fish sauce and stir to dissolve sugar. Taste and make any adjustments to create a light, slightly sweet sauce. Add chile and set aside until serving time.
To cook pancakes: Fill bottom section of steamer halfway with water and place steamer tray on top. Bring water to rolling boil over high heat. Nearby have ready the batter, a ladle, a small knife or metal spatula and serving plates for holding the pancakes.
To unmold: Dip tip of knife (or spatula) in water and run it along edge of a pancake to loosen it. Use your fingers to gently pry pancake from dish, and then place it on a serving plate. Repeat until you have unmolded all the pancakes. The finished pancakes resemble tiny white plates.
Return steamer to a boil over high heat. Give the dishes a quick rinse and wipe before returning them to the steamer tray for another batch. Repeat until all batter is used. (Cooled pancakes may be covered with plastic wrap and kept at room temperature up to 8 hours.)
To serve: Fill indentation of each pancake with a generous 1/2 teaspoon of shrimp topping and dot with a generous 1/4 teaspoon of scallion oil garnish. Serve with the sauce. The best strategy for eating the pancakes is to use chopsticks to scoot one onto a soup spoon and then drizzle on some sauce.
Com hen is always attractive to many customers because it is tasty and, at the same time, economic to anybody.
Bun bo gio heo is proper with all appetites. Even diet people could enjoy the sweet-smelling of beef with less fat of pig leg so as not to be fed up with as serving. Bun bo gio heo is delicious anytime you have it. You could enjoy this specialty of the Central region on Hue City.
Recipes: Bun bo gio heo (Beef and fork soft noodle soup).
For: 10 persons
Ingredients:
- 1kg pork leg
- 1kg beef
- 2kg pork or beef bone
- 1.5kg vermicelli noodles
- 40 stalks lemon grass
- 10 chillies, fresh
- 1 bunch perilla
- 1 bunch cockscomb mint
- 1 bunch of Asian basil
- 200g green bean sprout
- 100g dried spring onion
- 200g green onion
- 200g banana flowers, thinly sliced
- lime, sugar, salt, fish sauce, garlic, dried tamarind,bamboo shoots, shrimp sauce, dried chilli powder.
To prepare:
- Soak pork in salt, roll and tie with bamboo.
- Slice beef and place with pork and bone in water – bring to boil and strain.
- Crunch lemon grass and crush white stalks.
- Wash banana flowers and thinly slice, then soak in water with dash of lime for 15 minutes.
- Wash chilli, sprouts and onion, then thinly chop onion.
To cook:
- Bring to boil five litres of water, add lemon grass, chilli, beef, and pork and return to the boil.
- Remove and allow to marinate for 90 minutes, then simmer in open pot after setting aside meat.
- Flavour with fried onion, chilli powder.
- Then mix fish sauce, sugar, lime juice, and crushed garlic to make serving sauce.
- The dish is also usually served with shrimp sauce added with lime juice and fresh chilli.
To serve:
- Thinly chop beef.
- Untie pork from bamboo slats and slice.
- Serve with chopped onions and cover with stoc.
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