Side Dishes

Steamed Chewy Fish Cake with Shrimp찰 어묵찜

Name: Steamed Chewy Fish Cake with Shrimp
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 50 g Korean fish cake; 20 g Shrimp; 5 g Garlic; 1 g Toasted sesame oil; 1 g Sesame seeds; 1 g Cooking wine; Salt; Black pepper

Thick slices of chewy fish cake stuffed with seasoned chopped shrimp and steamed until tender.

Steamed Chewy Fish Cake with Shrimp — Korean recipe photo

Ingredients

Korean fish cake50 g Korean fish cake
Shrimp20 g Shrimp
Garlic5 g Garlic
Toasted sesame oilpantry1 g Toasted sesame oil
Sesame seedspantry1 g Sesame seeds
Cooking winepantry1 g Cooking wine
SaltpantrySalt
Black pepperpantryBlack pepper

Instructions

1
Cut the chewy fish cake into 2 cm-thick slices and make a slit in the center of each piece.
2
Coarsely chop the shrimp meat, leaving some texture.
3
Add the seasoning ingredients to the chopped shrimp and mix well.
4
Coat the inside of each slit in the fish cake with starch.
5
Stuff the seasoned shrimp mixture into each slit.
6
Steam in a preheated steamer for 10 minutes.

Ingredient substitutions

Korean fish cake: Fried tofu can add chewiness, but the flavor differs.
Shrimp: Firm white fish or mushrooms can work, with a different texture and flavor.
Garlic: Garlic powder works in a pinch but lacks fresh aroma.
Toasted sesame oil: Perilla oil is different but works in some Korean dishes.
Sesame seeds: Omit if necessary; the dish loses some aroma.

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