Fish Springroll with Mam Nem sauce

 

Mam nem (Vietnamese fermented anchovy dipping sauce) is mixed with fresh pineapple, caramelized onions and garlic, white wine and sugar.  (Add chili as needed)  

 

 

 

 

 

 With a rice paper, add lettuce, noodle, fish, bean spouts, cucumber, carrot, mint, and cilantro.  Then roll it up.

Walnut Shrimp Sushi roll

Walnut candy:

Using a nonstick pan on high heat, add in about ½  tbs butter.  When the butter melts, add the walnuts making sure they all get evenly coated with butter.  Add in about ½ tbs of sugar, then 1 tbs of honey. Stir evenly and turn off the heat. Let it sit to cool down for about an hour.

Shrimp:

Mix about 1 lbs of devein shrimp and 1 egg white together.  Once mixed, add some starch.  Now deep fry the shrimp and set them aside.  In a big bowl, add ¼ cup of Japanese mayo (if you don’t have Japanese mayo, use any mayo you like), 1 oz. of honey, and half a lemon.  Add sugar as needed to sweeten the sauce.  Now mix the fried shrimp with the prepared sauce.

Christmas 2011!

Food bought and made from families.

Turducken!!

 

Shrimp Ceviche

Ingredients:
-raw shrimp
-cucumber
-tomato
-cilantro
-red onion
-jalapeno
-lime
-orange
-green bell pepper
-garlic
-salt
-black pepper
-sugar
-fish sauce

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Crescent stuffing

 Artichoke vinaigrette salad with bacon and pear.

What did I make in the summer?

Crawfish

 Spaghetti

Oysters

3 hours braised pork belly (in other words Thit kho)

Mash potato puff (yam, potato,  mozzarella, polished dog, salt, pepper and milk)

Fried squid

Mixed potato and radish

Chinese celery with beef (rau can)

Vietnamese Loofah (muop xao)