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Shrimp Laing Recipe
Dried Taro leaves cooked in coconut milk with shrimp.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 5 people
Calories: 560 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Filipino
Ingredients
- 2 oz. dried taro leaves
- 10 pieces Shrimp
- 4 cups coconut milk
- 3 tablespoons shrimp paste
- 1 piece onion minced
- 5 cloves garlic crushed
- 3 thumbs ginger Julienne
- 6 pieces Thai Chili pepper
- 3 ounces pork fat
- Ground white pepper to taste
Instructions
- Clean the shrimp by cutting the antenna and deveining. Set aside.
- Sear pork fat in a cooking pot. Continue cooking until enough oil gets extracted from it.
- Sauté onion, garlic, and ginger using the oil from the pork.
- Once the onion tenderizes, pour coconut milk into the pot and let it boil.
- Add chili peppers, shrimp paste, and dried taro leaves. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Push the leave to submerge in coconut milk. Continue boiling on a covered pot for 30 minutes.
- Stir the mixture and adjust the heat between low to medium. Cover and cook for 45 to 60 minutes or until the leaves get very soft.
- Season with ground pepper and add shrimp. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Transfer to a serving plate. Serve. Share and enjoy with warm rice.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
560kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
12g
(24%)
Fat
56g
(86%)
Saturated Fat
41g
(205%)
Cholesterol
124mg
(41%)
Sodium
362mg
(15%)
Potassium
498mg
(14%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
1147IU
(23%)
Vitamin C
21mg
(23%)
Calcium
99mg
(10%)
Iron
7mg
(39%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 560
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 560kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 12g | 24% |
| Fat | 56g | 86% |
| Saturated Fat | 41g | 205% |
| Cholesterol | 124mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 362mg | 15% |
| Potassium | 498mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 1147IU | 23% |
| Vitamin C | 21mg | 23% |
| Calcium | 99mg | 10% |
| Iron | 7mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.