When preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival family feast, the preparation of food ingredients and the display of cooking skills are undoubtedly a crucial part of the whole celebration. Among them, as for the cooking of shrimp, if we abandon the traditional boiling method and adopt a more delicate and original cooking method, it will certainly add an unusual flavor to the family dinner.
Specifically, for this soon-to-be-featured dish of shrimp, we are determined not to use the direct boiling method, as such treatment tends to cause the shrimp meat to be too tender and lose its due elasticity and delicacy. Instead, we should explore a waterless or water-less cooking technique, such as steaming, braising or innovative dry-roasting methods, to allow the shrimp to fully absorb the essence of various seasonings during cooking while maintaining the firmness and sweetness of the meat.
Guided by this culinary philosophy, each shrimp we select is carefully treated to remove the lines and retain its purest parts. Subsequently, through the clever seasoning and fire control, the shrimp meat will not only lose a drop of water in the cooking process, but can more fully absorb the flavor of the seasoning, to achieve the excellent effect of scorch inside tender, fragrant.
When this delicately prepared shrimp dish is presented at a Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet table, its attractive color and fragrant smell will quickly become the center of attention. Each bite is the ultimate tease to the taste buds, the fresh and tender shrimp meat and the mellow seasoning are intertwined in the mouth, leaving a lasting aftertaste, and truly experiencing the wonderful taste of “shrimp without boiling, cooking without water, tender and delicious, is a delicacy.”
Such culinary innovation not only adds more fun and expectations to the family banquet of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also reflects our respect for and inheritance of traditional food culture, and also does not forget to integrate modern cooking concepts to create more gourmet dishes in line with modern tastes.
