Shrimp Stock For Rice Noodles With Chicken Pork And Shrimp Recipes

Steps:

• Place eggs in a small saucepan, and cover with cold water by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat; let stand, covered, for 13 minutes. Drain. Cover with cold water, and let stand 2 minutes. Peel and quarter eggs. Cover, and refrigerate.
• Fill a large bowl with warm water. Add noodles, and let soak for 15 minutes, stirring to separate as they soften. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy stockpot over medium-high heat. Season chicken and shrimp with salt and pepper. Working in batches, cook chicken, turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate. Add shrimp to stockpot, and cook, stirring, until bright pink, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to another plate.
• Reduce heat to medium. Add additional oil if necessary. Add onion, carrots, and garlic, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 4 minutes. Add pork, and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Stir in fish sauce, and cook 1 minute. Add cabbage, and toss to coat. Add noodles, chicken, and stock, and gently stir. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until noodles are tender and most of the stock has been absorbed, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and let stand, partially covered, 5 minutes. Add shrimp and lemon juice, gently stirring to avoid breaking noodles.
• Transfer to a platter. Sprinkle with scallion. Arrange hard-boiled eggs around noodles, and serve warm or at room temperature with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add shrimp shells, bay leaf, and red-pepper flakes, and cook, stirring, until shells are bright pink, about 1 minute. Add fish sauce, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in stock and water. Raise heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, partially covered, 20 minutes. Pour through a fine sieve; discard solids. Stock can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month.

Steps:

• Soak the rice noodles in warm water for 20 minutes; drain.
• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a wok or large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Saute noodles for 1 minute. Transfer to serving dish, and keep warm. Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to skillet, and saute onion, garlic, ginger, shrimp and pork for 1 minute.
• Stir in bok choy, oyster sauce and chicken broth. Season with pepper flakes. Cover, and cook for 1 minute, or until bok choy is wilted. Spoon over noodles, and garnish with minced green onion.

Steps:

• Combine shrimp shells, onion, lemon, chopped celery, celery leaves, garlic, peppercorns, thyme, and bay leaves in a saucepan. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Simmer until reduced by 1/2, skimming off foam as necessary, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Strain and use or freeze for later use.

Steps:

• Place eggs in a small saucepan and cover with cold water by 1-inch. Bring to a boil. Turn off heat; let stand, covered for 13 minutes. Drain, cover with cold water, and let stand, covered for 2 minutes. Peel, and quarter eggs, cover and refrigerate.
• Fill a large bowl with warm water. Add noodles and let soak for 25 minutes, stirring to separate as they soften. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy stock pot over medium-high heat. Season chicken and shrimp with salt and pepper. Working in batches, cook chicken turning occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate. Add shrimp to the stockpot, and cook stirring until bright pink, 2-3 minutes. Transfer shrimp to another plate.
• Reduce heat to medium. Add additional oil if necessary. Add onion, carrot and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 4 minutes. Add pork and cook breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 3 minutes. Stir in fish sauce and cook 1 minute.
• Add cabbage, and toss to coat. Add noodles, chicken and stock, and gently stir. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until noodles are tender and most of the stock has been absorbed, about 10 minutes. Remove form heat, and let stand, partially covered, 5 minutes. Add shrimp and lemon juice, gently stirring to avoid breaking noodles.
• Transfer to a platter. Sprinkle with scallions. Arrange hard-boiled eggs around noodles and serve warm or at room temperature.
• SHRIMP STOCK: Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until softened, about 4 minutes.
• Add shrimp shells, bay leaf, and red pepper flakes, and cook, stirring until shells are bright pink, about 1 minute.
• Add fish sauce, and cook for 1 minute. Stir in chicken stock and water. Raise heat to medium-high, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered for 20 minutes.
• Pour through a sieve; discard solids. Stock can be stored in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 1 month. Makes about 2 1/2 cups.

Steps:

• In a small cup combine dressing ingredients (vinegar - sesame oil), whisking until smooth.
• In a large pot of boiling water cook noodles according to package directions (my package didn't have cooking directions, so I cooked them for 5 minutes), with a slotted spoon transfer noodles to a colander and drain (reserving cooking water in pot). Rinse under cold running water; drain well. Transfer to a large bowl.
• Return cooking water to a boil. Add shrimp and cook until opaque (3-5 minutes). Rinse under cold water; drain.
• Combine shrimp, dressing and the remaining ingredients with the noodles; toss to combine.
• This can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 2 days.