Asian Lobster (or shrimp) Shooters - Abacus Restaurant, Dallas
DONNA & JOE AITA
ingredients
- Dumplings:
- 2 ounces sesame oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green onions (whites)minced
- 2 lemons – use zest only
- 2 ounces ginger, peeled and finely minced
- 1 pound lobster (or shrimp) meat - chopped fine
- 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sambal chile sauce
- 5 green onions - chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped mint
- 2 tablespoons chopped basil
- 32 small dumpling wrappers
- 2 eggs, beaten, for egg wash
- 3/4 quart peanut oil, for frying
- Red Curry Coconut Cream
- 2 ounces sesame oil
- 6 green onions chopped
- 2 ounces ginger, peeled and chopped
- 2 stalks lemongrass, chopped
- 2 kaffir lime leaves (?? zest )
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 1/2 cup mirin
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste
- (? Sambal + curry powder)
- 16 oz canned coconut milk
- 1-ounce cornstarch, dissolved in water
- 1/2 bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped
- 2 limes, juiced
directions
- 1
Dumplings Directions:
- 2
In a medium saute pan, saute in sesame oil the green onions, lemon zest and ginger until slightly browned.
- 3
Remove from heat and transfer to mixing bowl.
- 4
Fold in the lobster meat, soy sauce, sambal, scallions, mint, and basil.
- 5
Lay out dumpling wrappers evenly on a flat surface and brush a thin layer of egg on each wrapper.
- 6
Place a small amount of the mixture in the center of the wrapper.
- 7
Fold the edges of the wrappers up around the mixture and squeeze the edges to seal the dumpling.
- 8
Deep fry dumplings in 350 degree F peanut oil until golden brown.
- 9
RED CURRY COCONUT CREAM Directions:
- 10
In a saucepan add sesame oil and gently sauté green onions, ginger and lemon grass translucent
- 11
-add kaffir lime leaves and cover with mirin and cook reduced to half
- 12
Stir in coconut milk and red curry paste and bring to a boil
- 13
Strain through a fine sieve and return to saucepan
- 14
Thicken to sauce consistency with corn starch
- 15
SERVE
- 16
ADD 1 DUMPLING TO SAKE CUP & COVER W CREAM SAUCE
Source: DONNA & JOE AITA
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