Passionfruit Glazed Shrimp
When creating a signature dish for your event, it’s important to use a traditional dish as inspiration but to always add that twist that will have your guests talking about the food for weeks to come.
Thai cuisine blends five fundamental tastes: sweet, spicy, sour, bitter and salty. Most of the dishes in Thai cuisine try to combine most, if not all, of these tastes. It is accomplished by using a host of herbs, spices and fruit, including: chili, galangal, garlic, lime leaves, basil, sweet basil, lime, lemongrass, coriander, pepper, turmeric, and shallot.
Tamara Fox, Executive Chef at Shiraz Events, created a sweet and savory dish of Passion Fruit Glazed Shrimp & Cilantro with Thai Chili Dipping Sauce.
SHRIMP
Yield: 60 pieces of shrimp
Ingredients:
1/2 cup thawed passion-fruit purée or juice (shake before using)
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons honey (tip: if you oil the measuring spoon, honey comes right out w/ out sticking)
1 tsp. sweet Thai chili sauce
½ tsp Chinese garlic chili sauce
1 tsp ground ginger
1/8 cup brandy
ground black pepper to taste
Directions:
- Put ingredients in a pot & simmer for 5 min on medium-low.
- Use ½ the mix for marinating the shrimp & pack the other ½ for a glaze.
- Clean shrimp. Salt & grill shrimp and finish in oven. Then, toss shrimp in the glaze.
SAUCE
Yield: about 1 ½ cups
Ingredients:
1/8 cup fresh lime juice
1/8 cup water
1/4 cup finely grated carrot
2 teaspoon fish sauce (nam pla)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup thai sweet chili sauce
2 teaspoons spicy chinese chili garlic sauce
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
Directions:
- Whisk lime juice, water, carrot, fish sauce, sugar and chili-garlic sauce and cilantro in medium bowl to blend.
The staple food in Thailand is rice, particularly jasmine variety rice (also known as Hom Mali rice) which is included in almost every meal. This is a detail to not overlook – utilizing rice as a base for your menu will help perpetuate the Thai theme. Serving rice in oversized bronze or black bowls is a great way to engage your guests with the Thai culture.
