I gushed about my love for miso butter last year, a two-ingredient compound butter that’s been an absolute game-changer for me. I almost always have a tub of it in the fridge because it goes with just about anything and lasts forever. I’ve also mentioned before that I’m trying to work more seafood into my diet (it’s my favorite protein, but I don’t eat it that often) so when I saw this Instagram post by @itsholly featuring miso butter poached shrimp banh mi, I knew I had to try it!
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| Miso butter poached shrimp and hard-boiled egg served with steamed asparagus and sourdough toast |
I didn’t use her recipe, but I used the post as inspiration to come up with my own. It’s delicious straight from the pan, but also great served with crusty bread and steamed asparagus, tossed with fettuccine or udon, or in a banh mi with lightly pickled carrots, daikon, and/or cucumber.
Miso Butter Poached Shrimp Recipe
Ingredients:
- ¼ - ½ cup miso butter (depending on how rich/strongly flavored you want it)
- 1 cup water
- 12 oz shrimp, peeled and deveined (if frozen, thaw, rinse, and drain)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Splash of vinegar (rice, sherry, or apple cider all work great here) or big squeeze of lemon, optional
Directions:
- Add the water, miso butter, and as much black pepper as you can stand to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Stir the mixture until the miso butter is fully melted and the sauce is fairly homogeneous.
- Turn off the heat and add the shrimp.
- Stir so that the shrimp is fully coated in the hot butter sauce, then cover the pan and let cook in the residual heat for 4-7 minutes (depending on how tender/firm you prefer your shrimp).
- Taste, and if the sauce is a little too rich for you, add a good splash of vinegar or lemon juice. Enjoy!
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| Cast of characters: black pepper, sherry vinegar, miso butter, thawed frozen shrimp |
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| Add water, miso butter, and black pepper to a sauce pan and bring to a boil. |
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| Stir the melted miso butter and black pepper so it becomes a sauce, then turn off the heat and add the shrimp. Stir the shrimp so they're completely coated with the sauce, then cover and let cook in the residual heat for 4-7 minutes. Taste and see if the sauce needs any acidity. |
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| Enjoy! (I added a hard-boiled egg I happened to have in the fridge and it goes really well with the sauce) |
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