5 Recipes for Processed Spicy and Sour Seafood, Abundant of Addictive Spices

illustration of spicy and sour crab (instagram.com/linnov)

It tastes good and contains high nutrition, making seafood so popular with many people. One of the popular preparations is spicy and sour seafood.

You don't have to go all the way to a restaurant to eat it, because you can make various kinds of processed seafood yourself at home. The ingredients are also easy to find in various markets or supermarkets closest to your home.

If you can't wait to try cooking it yourself, let's just look at the collection of spicy and sour seafood recipes as follows!

1. Spicy and sour snapper

illustration of spicy sour snapper (instagram.com/mei.lan.756)

Materials:

• 750 grams of fresh snapper filet
• 1 lime
• cut acid, to taste
• 1 small onion, thinly sliced
• 10 bird's eye chilies
• 1 medium size tomato
• 1 cm galangal
• 2 cm ginger
• 1 stalk of lemongrass
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• salt to taste
• sugar, to taste
• water, to taste
• cooking oil for sauteing, to taste

Ground spices:

• 3 red onions, thickly sliced
• 2 cloves of garlic, thickly sliced
• 10 red chilies
• 1 cm turmeric
• 1 cm hazelnut
• enough water

How to cook:

1. Wash the snapper fillets thoroughly. Smear with lime juice, set aside.
2. Heat the cooking oil. Sauté the ground spices until they emit a fragrant aroma.
3. Add kaffir lime leaves that have been torn into pieces, lemongrass, ginger, galangal, and chopped tamarind. Mix well.
4. Add onions. Pour enough water. Sprinkle salt and sugar. Let it boil.
5. Enter the snapper. Stir well. Let stand for a while until cooked.
6. Add cayenne pepper and tomato slices. Stir briefly.
7. Remove and serve the spicy and sour snapper.

2. Spicy sour crab

illustration of spicy and sour crab (instagram.com/olil_28)

Materials:

• 5 crabs, split into two parts
• 1 lime
• 2 eggs
• 50 ml of water
• right amount of oil

Ground spices:

• 5 shallots, thinly sliced
• 3 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
• 5 bird's eye chilies
• 3 tbsp tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp pepper

How to cook:

1. Marinate the crabs with lime juice. Leave it for about 15 minutes.
2. Heat the cooking oil. Saute ground spices until fragrant. Add oyster sauce and tomato sauce, stir well. Pour water to boil.
3. Beat the eggs and add them to the stir fry. Stir quickly so that the eggs break and cook quickly. Cook until the gravy thickens.
4. Add crab and cook until done. Serve the spicy sour crab while warm.

3. Spicy sour shrimp

illustration of spicy sour shrimp (instagram.com/joe.kitchen2018)

Materials:

• 400 grams of shrimp
• 4 shallots
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 3 red chilies
• 4 bird's eye chilies
• ½ tomato
• 1 cm ginger, cut in half
• powdered broth, to taste
• salt to taste
• sugar, to taste
• 2 tbsp chili sauce
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• enough water

How to cook:

1. Blend the shallots, garlic, red chilies, bird's eye chilies, and tomatoes using a blender or mortar. Sauté until cooked and fragrant.
2. Pour water little by little. Then add ginger, chili sauce and oyster sauce. Stir again until the spices are evenly mixed.
3. Add prawns, broth powder, sugar and salt. Taste correction.
4. Cook until the gravy thickens. After that, remove and serve the spicy and sour shrimp.

4. Spicy and sour green clams

illustration of spicy and sour green mussels (instagram.com/nonaendahmukti)

Materials:

• 1,000 grams of green clams
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• soaking water, to taste
• 2 tbsp oil for sauteing
• 1 tbsp garlic, chopped
• 5 red chilies, chopped
• 2-10 bird's eye chilies
• 1 tablespoon of sago flour with 2 tablespoons of water
• 1 tablespoon small green onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon ginger, crushed
• a mixture of soy sauce, lemon and grated ginger

Ground spices:

• 3 tbsp vinegar
• 3 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• salt to taste
• ½ tsp ground pepper
• 2 tbsp granulated sugar
• 250 ml of water

How to cook:

1. Prepare a container and clean water. Soak the green mussels in salt for about three to four hours, to let the dirt and grit come out.
2. After that, clean the green mussels with a toothbrush, remove and drain.
3. Heat the oil. Sauté the garlic, small scallions and ginger until fragrant.
4. Add the red chilies, bird's eye chilies, red chilies, and the soy sauce mixture, lemon, and grated ginger. Stir well.
5. Enter the green mussels, stir again. Add ground spices.
6. Cover the pan and cook over high heat until cooked through or shell opens. Add sago flour water so that the gravy thickens.
7. Remove and immediately serve the spicy and sour green mussels.

5. Spicy and sour squid

illustration of spicy and sour squid (instagram.com/putri.a.kusuma)

Materials:

• 300 grams of squid, cut the back of the squid, don't break it
• 1 tbsp tamarind
• 50 ml of water
• salt to taste
• sugar, to taste
• 20 grams of oyster sauce
• pepper, to taste
• 3 red bird's eye chilies
• right amount of oil

How to cook:

1. Wash the squid, marinate with pepper and salt. Leave it for 2-3 minutes.
2. Then knead the tamarind together with 50 ml of water, throw away the dregs.
3. Pour the tamarind water into the pan. Add squid. Cook until the water shrinks.
4. Pour oyster sauce and sugar, stir well.
5. Add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Add cayenne pepper. Stir briefly.
6. Once cooked, remove and serve hot and sour squid while warm.

Those are some recipes for processed spicy and sour seafood. Pretty easy, right the process of making it? Try to make it yourself at home, come on!

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