Ebi-shinjo: Shrimp Dumplings

15May09

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Success!!! I posted about ebi-shijo (shrimp quenelles) quite a while ago, but I was very disappointed in the way they turned out. A suggested that she had eaten ebi-shinjo that were much simpler, so I approached the re-make of this recipe with that in mind.
comment on that postI think the biggest problem with the original recipe is that there is just too much liquid.
I didn’t care for the chewy texture of the mushrooms, so I left them out.
I wanted smaller dumplings, so I didn’t boil them wrapped in parchment, nor did I try to deep-fry them. I think these dumplings would have held together in the hot oil, and I may try that some other time; they would make a nice appetizer! Shizuo Tsuji, in his book :Practical Japanese Cooking, has a recipe for crab balls in a clear soup (with a variation for shrimp) which looks interesting—his technique uses plastic wrap to keep the (large) dumplings smooth while cooking in the boiling water.
The shiso flavoring was overwhelming in the original recipe, so I used some lovely garlic chives from my garden just for color.

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Ebitama-don

24Oct08

Kanitama-don is a Japanese crab omelette similar to egg fu yung. It can also be made with shrimp. An easy to make, satisfying meal.

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Crisp Chuka Soba with Vegetables and Seafood

24Sep08

I remember my mother at the kitchen table having a coffee klatch by phone with my aunt, snacking on a slice of homemade cardamom bread and she’d say, “This tastes like more!”
This simple meal, with shrimp, sweet peas, crunchy and soft noodles is like that—”This tastes like more!.”

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Shinjo: Shrimp Dumplings

15Mar08

It appears that “Shinjo” is the name of a baseball player. It’s also a Japanese dumpling made with shrimp. Ms. Shimbo likens it to French fish-and-shellfish quenelles. This is the first recipe in this book that I cannot wholehearted say I enjoyed. Even Mr. Tess (who is usually most appreciative) admitted he didn’t care for them!!

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