Chạo Tôm (Sugarcane Shrimp) are a classic Vietnamese dish featuring savory shrimp paste wrapped around sweet, juicy sugarcane, grilled to perfection for a flavorful appetizer or festive main.

Shrimp Pad Thai: There's three times the shrimp in this perfect pad Thai: The recipe calls for head-on fresh shrimp, fried dried shrimp, and shrimp paste.

Ingredients 1 block fresh firm tofu, cubed and deep-fried fermented shrimp paste (mam tom), sugar, minced garlic, lime/kumquat juice fresh red chili pepper, diced vegetable oil to deep fry rice ...

That includes the spice level, the pungency of the shrimp paste, the punchiness of garlic. When the curry paste is fully blended, I release the lid of the food processor.

Fermented shrimp is also a key but almost hidden ingredient in Thai curry paste, where it’s used in small quantities along with ingredients like chile, lemongrass, galangal, and chopped cilantro.

She says that a good rule of thumb is 15 to 30 minutes of marinating time for shrimp that are U-12 (That means there are about 12 shrimp per pound, or they're jumbo-sized or smaller).

Shrimp is a good source of protein, on par with, say, ... Shrimp heads and shells are particularly nutritious and are crushed into shrimp paste in some countries, but most American diners avoid them.