Japanese inspired healthier Hawaiian garlic shrimp
Popular Hawaiiam garlic shrimps made into healthy dish with Japanese ancient wisdom fermented food, shio-koji & soy sauce !It is easy to make yet has so flavorful that you can not even imagine. Enjoy this beautiful Japan inspired Hawaiian garlic shrimp with lots of fresh vegetables!
2tbspcooking sake or wine - this helps reduce "fishy smell" of shrimps
1tspsoy sauce - refer the blog above to choose right one
To assemble; (option)
Any salad vegetables of your choice. I used lettuce, carrot, red cabbage, radish, and avocado
Cooked brown rice - or quinoa, pasta, noddle, sweet potato...
Instructions
Remove heads if your shrimps have them and rinse with fresh water and wipe off excess water.Make a 2-3mm depth slit along its back in each shrimp and devein.
In a bowl combine Shio-koji, coconut oil, olive oil, cooking sake/wine and chopped garlic.
Add shrimps in the marinade and mix them so that they are coated with marinade evenly. Leave them about 15-20 minutes.Marinating shrimps not only helps shrimps to absorb the flavor of garlic shio-koji mix, but also helps shio-koji to "digest" (break down) the proteins in the shrimps allowing them to become tender and enhance the flavor. Please read Shio-koji Turmeric Chicken for more details.
While marinating the prawns prepare the vegetables and brown rice on your serving plates.
Heat the pan over medium heat ,then lay the shrimps with marinade in the pan in a single layer and let the shrimp cook for 3 minutes. Once the shrimp are golden on the bottom, flip over and cook 2-3 minutes on the other side. About 20 seconds before turning off the head sprinkle soy sauce over the shrimps. *It is easy for the marinade to become caramelized with Shio-koji. Lower the heat If The garlic looks becoming brown too fast.
Remove the shrimp and serve on brown rice or other grains of our choice. Pour the shio-koji garlic mix over the shrimp and enjoy!
Notes
* Shio-koji already contains salt and you do not need to add extra salt!* Make sure to get shio-koji which package says "Nama(raw)" to make sure its enzymes are still active.