Shrimp Sambal Recipes

SAMBAL SHRIMP

Steps:

• Combine sambal paste, sugar, lime juice, olive oil, garlic, ginger, mirin, fish sauce, and sesame oil in a large bowl; mix well. Reserve half of the marinade for basting.
• Stir shrimp into the remaining half of the marinade, coating evenly. Cover and refrigerate for about 45 minutes.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate. Remove shrimp from marinade; discard marinade.
• Grill shrimp about 2 minutes on each side. Brush with the reserved marinade. Remove shrimp from grill to serving platter. Garnish with cilantro.

SAMBAL UDANG (PRAWN SAMBAL)

Steps:

• Blend all spice paste ingredients with ⅓ cup (80ml) water until smooth.
• Place asam jawa in a small metal strainer over a bowl. Pour 1 cup (240ml) hot water over asam jawa. Stir and press down asam jawa with a spoon to dissolve.
• In a medium sized pot, heat vegetable oil. Add ground spice paste and kaffir lime leaves. Stir fry for 8 to 10 minutes until fragrant.
• Pour strained tamarind juice into the pot. Stir to combine. Place lid on the pot and allow sauce to come to a boil. Reduce heat and continue to simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Remove the lid. Add shrimps (prawns), sugar, and salt. Stir to get all ingredients well mixed.
• Place lid back onto the pot and continue to simmer for 3 minutes.
• Turn off stove. Dish into a serving bowl.

SPICY SAMBAL SHRIMP

Steps:

• Place shrimp in a large bowl of cold water until thawed, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter in a microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl in the microwave in 15-second intervals, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Mix in garlic and half the lemon juice.
• Melt 1 1/2 teaspoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp, garlic butter mixture, and sambal oelek. Cook and stir until garlic is cooked and shrimp are heated through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Bring water and sushi rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and let stand, covered, until liquid has been absorbed, about 10 minutes.
• Serve shrimp over rice, topped with remaining lemon juice and green onions.

SAMBAL SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the sambal oelek, lime juice, olive oil, sugar, garlic, ginger, mirin, fish sauce and sesame oil. Whisk well to combine. Allow the marinade to sit at room temperature for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Place the shrimp in a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag, and add all but 1 /2 cup of the marinade to the bag. Allow the shrimp to marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Preheat a grill to medium-high and oil the grill.
• Place the shrimp on the grill and cook until they are just cooked through, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer the cooked shrimp to a large bowl. Add the reserved 1/2 cup marinade, the cilantro and the mint and toss well to combine. Transfer the shrimp to a large serving bowl or platter, and serve immediately.

MALAYSIAN SAMBAL BELACAN RECIPE

Steps:

• Blend the onion and garlic with some oil with an electric blender. Add some water to facilitate blending if necessary.
• Boil the dried chili in water for ten minutes. Remove and drain.
• Cut fresh red chilies into sections. Blend both chilies with some oil and water to form a chili paste.
• Soak the dried shrimp in water for fifteen minutes. Drain. Blend the dried shrimp until it looks like meat floss.
• Place the belacan in a small pan without oil, roast it slowly until it is thoroughly dry, and break up into large granules.
• Saute the onion and garlic over low to medium heat until slightly brown and aromatic.
• Soak the tamarind pulp in hot water for ten minutes, then remove the pulp and seeds by pouring through a strainer.
• Add the dried shrimp, belacan, palm sugar chili paste, and tamarind juice to the sambal. Simmer over low heat for thirty minutes.
• Season with salt.
• When the red oil starts bubbling around the paste, it is done.

QUICK SHRIMP STIR FRY

Steps:

• Add your water, soy sauce, ginger, and sambal sauce together in a mixing bowl.
• Add your toasted sesame oil.
• Stir together until they are thoroughly mixed. Leave to the side, within easy reach for later.
• Using a sharp knife and a chopping board, slice your bell peppers into thin strips, which are easier to stir fry.
• Take your snow peas and trim them down to size.
• Season your shrimp to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Preheat your cast iron wok on the stovetop. This may take a few minutes. (You will know that it is hot enough when drops of water steam on the surface.)
• When the wok is preheated to a suitable temperature, add in the vegetable oil.
• Immediately after, spread your shrimp across the bottom of the wok and allow them to stir fry for no more than 2 min. Remove them from the wok, and set them aside for later.
• Throw in the bell peppers and snow peas (or your other vegetables of choice). If you're learning how to stir fry, be gentle and keep them cooking in the bottom for a maximum of 2 min, until they are soft but start to crisp.
• Take your partially cooked shrimp and place them back into the bottom of the wok with the vegetables and oil.
• At the same time, add in your premixed stir fry sauce to the wok. Make sure all your ingredients are coated and mixed together.
• Allow the shrimp, sauce, and vegetables to cook together for no more than 2 min.
• Remove the ingredients from the wok, drizzle with sesame seeds, and add the finished stir fry to your rice or noodles. Serve with your optional ingredients (rice, noodles, etc.)!

SHRIMP SAMBAL

Steps:

• Make sambal paste:
• To a food processor with motor running add sambal paste ingredients, 1 at a time through feed tube, and purée mixture to a paste.
• Shell shrimp, leaving tail and connecting shell segment intact, and devein. In a colander rinse shrimp and drain well. Halve onions lengthwise and cut halves lengthwise into julienne strips.
• Heat a large heavy skillet over moderately low heat until hot. Cook sambal paste in oil, stirring, until fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add onions and cook, stirring, until softened. Stir in coconut milk, brown sugar, and salt and bring to a boil. Add shrimp and lime juice and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until shrimp are just cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Divide shrimp sambal among 4 plates and serve with rice.

SAMBAL SHRIMP

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine the sambal oelek, lime juice, olive oil, sugar, garlic, ginger, mirin, fish sauce and sesame oil. Whisk well to combine. Allow the marinade to sit at room temperature for at least 1 hour and up to 4 hours.
• Place the shrimp in a 1-gallon resealable plastic bag, and add all but 1 /2 cup of the marinade to the bag. Allow the shrimp to marinate at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Preheat a grill to medium-high and oil the grill.
• Place the shrimp on the grill and cook until they are just cooked through, 2 to 2 1/2 minutes per side. Transfer the cooked shrimp to a large bowl. Add the reserved 1/2 cup marinade, the cilantro and the mint and toss well to combine. Transfer the shrimp to a large serving bowl or platter, and serve immediately.