Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, vegetables in shrimp paste (simple pinakbet). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Filipino cooking embraces salt — perhaps the legacy of life in a tropical climate, where, before refrigeration, food had to be preserved The primary salt in pinkabet, a vegetable stew, is bagoong, a satisfyingly funky paste of fermented shrimp or fish As with miso, there are many types of bagoong: dry or oily, toasted or raw, bright pink and briny or dark brown and faintly sweet Vegetables in Shrimp Paste (Simple Pinakbet) step by step. Traditional vegetables used are (sliced): bitter gourd (ampalaya), okra, eggplant, string beans, carrots and squash. Sauté onions then garlic in oil.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have vegetables in shrimp paste (simple pinakbet) using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegetables in Shrimp Paste (Simple Pinakbet):
- Get 1 bowl sliced vegetables
- Make ready 1 small red onion, chopped
- Take 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- Prepare 1-2 tomatoes, sliced
- Prepare 2 Tbsp cooking oil
- Take 1-2 Tbsp shrimp paste (alamang)
- Prepare 1/2 c or more Water
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Get to taste Pepper
- Make ready Dash coconut milk (optional)
- Get 1/4 pork bullion cube (optional, if no protein)
In the Philippines, backyard vegetables are used for this recipe like eggplants, long green beans, okra, ampalaya (bitter melon), kabocha squash. When I cook this in my American kitchen, I try to substitute with similar vegetables I can find in the markets. The salty, pungent aroma of the bagoong defines the flavor. For me what sets aside Pinakbet from other vegetable dishes is the addition of shrimp paste.
Steps to make Vegetables in Shrimp Paste (Simple Pinakbet):
- Traditional vegetables used are (sliced): bitter gourd (ampalaya), okra, eggplant, string beans, carrots and squash.
- Sauté onions then garlic in oil. Then add tomatoes. Let the juices come out. Add your protein.
- Add water and the squash. Simmer until half cooked.
- Add the other vegetables. Season with salt and pepper. Add the pork bullion to flavor if not adding protein. Taste and adjust. Add a little more water if necessary.
- Sauté in the shrimp paste. You have the option to add coconut milk here. Simmer until veggies are cooked. Serve with rice. Some like it saucy, mine got absorbed since I did not add coconut milk.
It really gives the dish a complexity in taste that makes it unique. This recipe may not be traditional but it sure is tasty and very easy to make. The usual cooking of Pinakbet for Filipinos is to mix the vegetables with some ground meat or bagoong (fermented shrimp paste or fermented fish). Tips an d Tric ks for Making This Pinakbet - Vegan Vegetarian Recipe: When mixing the vegetables, do it gently because vegetables, when cooked, are softer and you wouldn't like crushed vegetables. Pinakbet or Pakbet is a Filipino vegetable dish that is flavorful as it is colorful.
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