Shrimp Balls with Mashed Potato is a creative dish that combines the softness and sweetness of mashed potatoes with the freshness of fresh shrimp. It breaks the traditional pattern of mashed potatoes and shrimp balls, combining the two into one, creating a new and eye-catching taste experience. The dish not only looks like a piece of artwork that you can’t bear to put down your chopsticks, but also realizes the perfect interplay of softness and Q-bouncy texture, which is full of surprises in every bite.
Shrimp is one of the main characters of this dish, and its nutritional value should not be underestimated. Shrimp meat is rich in high quality protein, vitamins and minerals, and at the same time low in fat, making it an ideal choice for fitness enthusiasts and those seeking a healthy diet. Mashed potatoes, on the other hand, provide a rich source of carbohydrates and dietary fiber to energize the body and also enhance the feeling of satiety, making this dish delicious and nutritionally balanced at the same time.
From a culinary point of view, making mashed potatoes with fresh shrimp balls requires some skill and patience. The key to achieving a smooth and creamy texture in mashed potatoes lies in the selection of potatoes, the cooking time and the pressing technique, while the handling of fresh shrimps requires attention to maintaining the tenderness of the shrimps and blending them with the mashed potatoes perfectly. When mixing the shrimp with the mashed potatoes, it is important to work gently and evenly to ensure that the shrimp are evenly distributed in the mashed potatoes and are not overly crushed, so that they retain their distinctive texture and shape in the finished dish.
Mashed Potato Shrimp Balls
Ingredients
- Fresh Shrimp moderate
- potato moderate
- Bread crumbs moderate
- egg moderate
- flour moderate
- salt moderate
Instructions
- Remove the shrimp heads and de-skin, and peel out the shrimp meat. Keep the shrimp tails for later use.
- Chop the fresh shrimp into shrimp paste on the chopping board
- Wash the potatoes, put the whole potatoes into the microwave, cover with microwave-safe plastic wrap, and cook for about 8 minutes; take them out, peel them, and mash them into mashed potatoes; (You can also use other methods to mash potatoes)
- Add a little salt to the minced shrimp and mashed potatoes and mix well.
- Wet your hands, take an appropriate amount of potato and shrimp paste and roll them into small balls, then insert the shrimp tails into the rolled potato and shrimp balls
- Then evenly coat the potato shrimp balls with flour, beaten egg liquid, and then evenly coat them with a layer of breadcrumbs.
- Pour oil into the pot and heat it over high heat. When the oil temperature rises, add the potatoes and shrimp balls and fry until golden brown. That’s it!