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Steamed Seafood Packets Recipe
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Category : starters |
Style : steam | serves : 4 |
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Too late
for breakfast and too early for lunch? These steamed packets of seafood are neat
and delicate and makes and excellent starter or a light lunch.
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Ingredients |
| 300g |
Crab meat, fresh or frozen |
| 100g |
Prawn meat, shelled and chopped |
| 6 - 8 pieces |
Water chestnuts, chopped |
| 12 pieces |
White rice wrappers |
| 2 tbsp |
Bamboo shoots, chopped |
| 2 tbsp |
Light soy sauce |
| 1 tbsp |
Spring onions, chopped |
| 1 tbsp |
Fish sauce |
| 1 tsp |
Root ginger, chopped |
| 1 piece |
Banana leave, cut square or round to fit steamer |
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Oil for brushing |
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Shredded spring onions for garnishing |
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Red chilies, seeded and sliced for garnishing |
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Coriander leaves for garnishing |
Method :
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Put the prawns, crab meat, bamboo shoots,
chestnuts, spring onions and ginger together in a bowl and mix well. Then add the soy sauce
and fish sauce and stir till well blended.
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Take a rice sheet and dip it into warm water,
then place it on a flat surface and allow a few seconds to soften.
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Place a heaped table spoon of the filling in the
center of the sheet and fold into a square packets. Repeat for the rest of the rice sheet
and seafood mixture.
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Line a round bamboo steamer with banana leave
and brush them with oil.
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Place packets on the leave and steam over high
heat for 8 - 10 minutes or until the filling is cooked.
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Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with the
remaining ingredients.
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Tips: The
seafood packets will spread out when steamed, so be sure to
space them well apart to prevent them from sticking together.
Apart from the crab meat and prawns used, you may add or
substitute with other seafood like squids and clam meat. You may
even add a little grounded pork meat. |
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