Steamed Shrimps With Cellophane Noodles & Snow Peas As Side

STEAMED SHRIMPS WITH CELLOPHANE NOODLES
&  SNOW PEAS AS SIDE
(SPICES & HERBS RUBBED STEAMED SHRIMPS
SIDED BY QUICK STIR FRIED CHINESE VERMICELLI & SNOW PEAS )
Cellophane Noodles (Glass Noodles, Crystal Noodles,
Chinese Vermicelli, Bean Thread Noodles
or “Sotanghon” – Pilipino) denote one and the same.
Processed from mung beans (“monggo”), this type of thin, round,
glassy when cooked noodles is widely used in Oriental cuisines.
Careful not to confuse this with “rice noodle” which is our “Bihon”
Itching for healthy prep again, this came to mind.
Along with “Cocido” (click for recipe),
remembering my “Lola” (grandmother) who, never a month will pass,
continuously served this dish to us she called…
“Ginisang Chicharo Na May Hipon At Iltog Ng Pugo”
(Sautéd Cellophane Noodles With shrimps And Quail Eggs)
My engagements with food ingredients led me to “innovate” said recipe:
spices & herbs mix and cooking procedures.

Prep time:                    15 mins.
Cook time:                    5 mins.
Total time:                     20 mins.
Makes/Serves:     2
Cooking medium: small casserole, steamer, oil brush
Special instruction(s):

INGREDIENTS:
10-12 pcs. shrimps, heads cut-off, de-shelled leaving tails intact, de-veined
12 pcs. hard boiled quail eggs, de-shelled
2 pcs. sliced bell peppers (preferably 1 red & 1 green for attractive eye-appeal)
50-100 grams Cellophane Noodles soaked in tap water
1/8 kilo snow peas (Chicharo) cut on both ends to remove “fibers” running along sides of pods.
4 cloves sliced garlic
2 grams salt
2 grams ground black pepper
50 ml. soya or palm oil
50 grams oyster sauce
SHRIMP RUB: (in a bowl, combine and toss well all below ingredients)
2 grams salt
2 grams brown sugar
1 gram dried thyme
1 gram Spanish paprika
1 gram nutmeg powder
1 gram coriander powder
OPTIONAL 2 grams MSG (Monosodium Glutamate-VeTsin)
PROCEDURES:
1.    Dipping brush unto 50 ml. oil, brush shrimps lightly on all sides.
2.    Pour in shrimp rub on all parts. Ensure full coverage for better flavor penetration.
3.    Bring to boil water in steamer. In suited slotted pan, steam shrimps for 1 minute. Cover steamer. This is DONE. Remove from heat and set aside.
4.    Heat oil in pan. Pour in garlic and fry for just 1 minute.
5.    Draining a bit, add in soaked Cellophane Noodles, “Chicharo”, bell peppers, snow peas, oyster sauce, salt and black pepper. Keep on tumbling and tossing for 3 minutes. Remove from heat-add boiled quail eggs. Toss a bit. DONE.
6.    Arrange the way you wish and serve with your “youthful” smile.

DISCLAIMER: Above are test kitchen and household-produced dishes. All ingredients utilized are of food grade quality passing international and domestic sanitary standards. While we find the results highly acceptable, no guarantee nor explicit assurance is hereby issued when recipe is performed by readers. For one, although of similar breed, spices, herbs and other ingredients vary from country to country/region to region that possibility of affecting end taste, aroma & bite-feel is great. Further thereto, mentioned sensory evaluation (aroma, taste, mouth-feel) is subjective.