Shrimp in Caramel Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 4

455 g

4 cloves

70 g

100 ml

5 tablespoons

15 ml

15 g

1/4

1/3

Raw shrimp

Garlic, finely chopped

Green onions (scallions)

Sugar

Water

Oil (for frying)

Lime or lemon juice

Nuoc cham sauce

Brown sugar

Salt

Green pepper (for garnishing)

Method :

Shell, remove heads and de-vein shrimp but retain tails.
Finely chop three green onions (scallions). Cut the remaining two into thin strips 1 in long.
In a saucepan, heat sugar until golden. Add 3 tablespoon of water, stir until sugar dissolves.
Boil, then simmer gently for about 3 minutes until caramel darkens but doesn't burn. Add remaining water after removing pot from heat but take care it does not spatter. Reheat, stirring quickly to remove lumps.
Pour oil in heavy pan and over medium heat, fry chopped green onion (scallion) and garlic. Add shrimp and cook for a few seconds until it turns pink.
Slowly add nuoc cham sauce and warm caramel to the shrimp mixture.
Combine and cook 1 minute before adding lime or lemon juice, salt, brown sugar and sliced green onion (scallions).
Stir together and garnish with bell pepper strips.