This week's blog is going to talk about two dishes which are relatively "new" to my cooking rotation. The first is shrimp toast and the second is eggs and tofu. I didn't make these within the same week, but they'll be posted together.
Shrimp Toast
When Culinary Class Wars came out on Netflix, people got excited because it was a cooking show with intensity. The restaurant wars episode brought back a renewed interest in the fried shrimp balls typically ordered with dim sum. Lots of influencers were making videos of their own DIY version of the shrimp ball with air fryer recipes, shortcuts on how to make it, etc. With the rising interest in shrimp, it was around this time when I came across a recipe for shrimp toast.
I'd actually never heard of shrimp toast before, but it's apparently a southern China/Hong Kong dish. One afternoon, I decided to try it. We had extra bread and always have shrimp in our freezer. The adults loved it the first time I made it. The kids had mixed feelings.
The second time I made it, I was driven by a surplus of green onions. Costco had introduced a new product: 2.5 pounds of green onion. When I was perusing the vegetable cooler, I saw them. Normally, I wouldn't think of buying 2.5 pounds of green onion at once, but these actually intrigued me. They were cleaned, washed, and actually looked more tender than the ones I see at the Asian grocery stores. So I bought a pack. The price was comparable to not-on-sale green onions at the Asian grocery store. I figured it would be nice to have some on hand.
I used these green onions in the following ways over the next 8-10 days:
- cut raw into noodle dishes or instant ramen
- shrimp toast
- Mongolian beef
- cut small and put into the freezer to save for later
I follow the recipe from Woks of Life for shrimp toast. After I made it this time, the kids came around and told me they really enjoyed it.
A few notes on what I did and didn't follow in the recipe. I doubled the recipe. I added way more green onions/scallions than the recipe called for. Probably at least 4x if not more. I didn't add cilantro into this mixture because I didn't have any. I had actually bought it at the grocery store just that week, but I used it all in a different recipe and didn't have any left. So I just left out the cilantro. I used an entire egg instead of just the white. I know I could have saved the yolk and used it in something else, but the mental capacity that takes was too much for me this time so I didn't. I was also doubling the recipe so my yolk just served as volume for the second egg white. I realize this breaks a lot of cooking rules, but hey, this is how I cook at home. I know I'd never get away with this in a restaurant...which is why I'm not cooking in one. 😆
I also didn't pull out the food processor and chopped/mixed by hand. Sometimes, I am willing to pull out the food processor to do all my work and then suck it up for the cleaning part. Other times, I'd rather chop by hand and not deal with cleaning my food processor. It just depends on how I'm feeling or what I remember.
Overall, this recipe is a good one to keep because it's simple, relatively easy, and quite tasty.
Eggs and Tofu
I saw this recipe right after Woks of Life posted it. I already make something similar with my teriyaki tofu so it wouldn't be that hard to follow this recipe and take it a step further with the addition of a few more ingredients.
It wasn't bad at all. Besides the sauce measurements, I could see myself making this recipe from memory and just winging it. The green onions I used here were from my freezer stash I'd saved earlier. It really wasn't much different than making my old teriyaki tofu. I like how the egg adds extra protein to the dish. Will be adding this recipe to my collection for future weekly meals.
I'm glad to be able to add some new recipes to my rotation and expanding our weekly menu. It's amazing how different just changing some sauce flavors or textures can do to food.
Shrimp Toast: $1.50/pc * 9 pieces = $13.50
Egg and Tofu: $16.99
Total: $30.49
Tax: $2.52
Grand Total: $33.01
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