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It is an exhausted week. We are packing and going to move into the new apartment this coming weekend (as Bel mentioned before in her post). I am totally not enjoying the moving process though. I don’t really have much time for cooking. Therefore I just wanted to cook something easy and delicious for dinner. Flipping over an old cookbook from Malaysia and I found this scrumptious recipe – steamed shrimp with minced garlic.

I couldn’t remember whether I had this dish in Malaysia before or not, but definitely this was the first time I cooked it. It turned out so good especially the garlic gravy from this delicate dish was so appetizing enough to make me had 2 bowls of steamed white rice. It is recommended to use fresh shrimps with heads for better taste and presentation or else you can be as lazy as me.

Ingredients:
1/2 lb fresh shrimps (Trimmed head & deveined)
10 garlic cloves (minced finely)

Seasoning:
4 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine (绍兴酒)
3 tbsp fried shallot oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp chicken stock granules

Cooking method:

1. Fill a pot with water for steaming and boil it.
2. Organize the shrimps on a plate.
3. Combined the minced garlic, seasoning and spread on the back of the shrimps.
4. When the water is boiled, place the plate of shrimps into the pot for steaming.
5. Cover and steam at high heat for 7 minutes or until cooked.

Serve well with steamed white rice.