Stir Fried Shrimp with Bitter Beans

Name: Stir Fried Shrimp with Bitter Beans
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 30.0ml Vegetable oil; 4.0each Garlic cloves, peeled and chopped; 8.0ml Gkapi shrimp paste; 5.0ml Oyster sauce; 5.0each Thai red chili, cut; 100.0g Bitter beans; 25.0g Sugar; 8.0each Tiger prawns

A simple, yet flavorful dish gets its signature flavor from fermented shrimp paste.

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Prepare the Shrimp Paste

Vegetable oil 30 ml
Garlic cloves, peeled and chopped 4 each
Gkapi shrimp paste 8 ml

Finish the Dish

Oyster sauce 5 ml
Thai red chili, cut 5 each
Bitter beans 100 g
Sugar 25 g
Tiger prawns 8 each

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A simple, yet flavorful dish gets its signature flavor from fermented shrimp paste.

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Preparation

Prepare the Shrimp Paste
- Heat vegetable oil in a sauté pan. Add garlic andshrimp paste.
- Roast the crumbled shrimp paste in the pan until the colour changes to a brown from the purplish appearance. Be careful not to burn to paste.
Finish the Dish
- Add the rest of the paste, shrimp, bitter beans and season with sugar, oyster sauce and fry together until fragrant and cooked. Garnish with the chili and serve with rice.