PIPPIES (CLAMS) WOK-TOSSED WITH CHILLI AND ASIAN BASIL ((NHIEU X

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Pippies (Clams) Wok-Tossed With Chilli and Asian Basil ((Nhieu X image

From Luke Nguyen"s Vietnam. He used pippies (which are in the same family as cockles and clams). Times are estimated.

Provided by ImPat

Categories     Chinese

Time 20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 lemongrass (stalk bruised and sliced into 5cm lengths)
1 cup water
500 g cockles
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon fish sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon garlic (finely diced)
1 tablespoon red shallot (finely diced)
1/2 tablespoon potato starch (mixed with 1 tablespoon water)
2 chilies (long deseeded finely sliced into strips)
1/2 teaspoon pepper
basil leaves (Asian 2 handfuls)

Steps:

  • In a saucepan bring water to the boil, add lemongrass and pippies and cover and cook until pippies open slightly (roughly 4 minutes).
  • In a bowl, add sugar, fish sauce and oyster sauce and mix until sugar dissolves and set aside.
  • Strain the pippies, reserving the broth.
  • Heat a wok to high, add oil, garlic and red shallots, followed by the pippies, and then wok toss for 1 minute.
  • Add the sauce and 3 tablespoons of the pippie broth and toss for a further minute and then add the dissolved potato starch and then add the chilli, pepper and asian basil and toss to combine.
  • Enjoy with a beer.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 64.8, Fat 3.5, SaturatedFat 0.5, Sodium 364.3, Carbohydrate 8.2, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 4.4, Protein 0.9

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