Spicy Shrimp Cakes – All Killer, No Filler

I dearest Asian-style fish or shrimp cakes, but most never guild them at restaurants, in addition to the argue is a piffling affair called “food cost. “While the best tasting, in addition to textured shrimp cakes are made amongst pure shrimp, chefs create got e'er added some type of cheap, starchy filler to brand the dish to a greater extent than profitable.  

Oh sure, they telephone outcry upward it a “binder,” but brand no mistake, it’s at that spot to stretch a pound of shrimp into 2 pounds of cakes. Home cooks create got been known to create the same thing, for pretty much the exact same reasons, but if you lot desire to relish shrimp cakes inward their most pure form, I encourage you lot to order this a try. It exclusively takes a few minutes to seat together, assuming you lot create got a nutrient processor, but fifty-fifty if you lot don’t, they tin nevertheless survive yours.

You’ll simply demand to pile upward your ingredients on a cutting board, in addition to using a large knife or cleaver, chop until you lot larn a paste, which volition create got less fourth dimension in addition to test than you lot expect. Maybe 5 minutes of the ol' choppa choppa, in addition to you lot should create got something really like to what I achieved.

You tin play to a greater extent than or less amongst the flavorings here, in addition to it’s non a bad persuasion to ready a modest slice of the mixture to exam for spiciness, salt, etc. And please, don’t overcook these. They exclusively demand a infinitesimal or 2 per side. Even if they are a piffling translucent inside, equally they sit down for a infinitesimal on the newspaper towel, they volition complete cooking through. I actually promise you lot order these a test soon. Enjoy! 

Ingredients for 8 appetizer sized portions:

NOTE: I made mine amongst 24-ounce of shrimp, but since it’s to a greater extent than oftentimes than non sold inward pound units, these ingredients are for a two-pound batch

2 pounds raw peeled in addition to deveined shrimp

1 rounded tablespoon finely crushed garlic

2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves in addition to stems

1 or 2 teaspoons sambal chili paste, or freshly minced hot peppers

1 teaspoon kosher tabular array salt (you tin e'er offset amongst 3/4 teaspoon, in addition to thence ready some to taste, in addition to adjust)

1/2 teaspoon fish sauce

1 teaspoon chocolate-brown sugar

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

pinch of cayenne

Panko breadcrumbs equally needed

vegetable stone oil for frying

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