The feeling like a fresh shrimp dancing in the mouth can make diners excited and excited, but it can also make many other diners “goosebumps”.
Beef shrimp is a famous specialty of the Lien Vi region, Ha Nam island, Quang Yen (Quang Ninh). Visitors coming here when hearing about the dish called “beef shrimp”, most of them are surprised and curious.
The reason is called beef shrimp because in the past, when Lien Vi people ate this dish: shrimp were dropped in pots or buckets of water. The fresh shrimp also had to jump and crack, causing the water to splash, “in the right way”. Today, shrimp are put in a bowl of a car or a plate deep in your heart to look neat and more beautiful.
In order to have the correct Lien Vi beef shrimp dish, first of all, you must choose the type of fried shrimp – the small type, the size of the chopsticks is the best.
But now in restaurants, this crayfish is usually larger in size, about the size of the index finger, and weighs 15-20 grams.
Crayfish, also known as field shrimp, is a marine shrimp belonging to the genus and family of shrimp. Prawn has a clear green body, and a slightly curved frontal club; abdominal segments 2 – 3 with fairly prominent dorsal burrs; The legs are usually light brown stripes.
Shrimp bought are washed, drained or after rinsing with water, then put in a bowl of clean water.
Shrimp must still be fresh, jumping and splitting in the bowl. The beef shrimp is essentially a salad, so it is indispensable to eat with raw vegetables.
Served with shrimp will be sliced banana, split spinach, fish lettuce, herbs; Add pineapple, fresh ginger, and sliced carrots.
An indispensable side vegetable is the green leaf vegetable – a cultivar grown in the aquaculture ponds. Okra is a very good antibiotic when eaten raw seafood. People here also often prepare more rice cakes, cold rice to eat with.
The taste of beef shrimp is in its own sauce called sour water. Sour water is cooked from green tamarind. Tamarind juice is boiled until thick, then add fragrant roasted peanuts, just chopped chili, a few garlic cloves, crushed, seasoning to taste.
When eating, diners will choose 1 – 2 shrimps, remove the head, pack in the leaves of the hood, raw vegetables, and cool rice so that it is neat, just pieces and then dipped in sour water.
“Indigenous people will put whole shrimp, vegetables, cold rice, broken rice cakes in a bowl, fill with tamarind juice, add some roasted peanuts, fresh chili. Putting it in your mouth, it feels like the shrimp is still jumping. thrashing “- Mr. Quang Huy (Quang Yen people) shared.
The feeling like a fresh shrimp dancing in the mouth can make diners excited and excited, but it can also make many other diners “goosebumps”.
This Quang Yen specialty dish is not always available in every season, every season is delicious and not every store can prepare Lien Vi beef shrimp. Follow Dân trí