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Prep Time: 10 minutes Shrimp Hibachi

Co king Time: 45 - 50 minutes
Pineapple Float

Se ving Size: 2

Inst uctio s Ing edients

• First, begin to clean your shrimp; you want to devein both sides with a knife or fork, splitting directly down the mid-

• One pound of colossal shrimp.
dle lines of your shrimp and removing the “poop.” Clean under cold water and vinegar and lemons or lime. Also

known as the brown stuff inside the shrimp. You can take the tail off if you prefer. • 2 cups jasmine rice. Or whichever rice you prefer.

• Pat dry your shrimp and begin to season. Let your shrimp marinate in the fridge while you cook your rice for at least • One whole pineapple.

30 minutes. Use 1 tbsp green seasoning/sofrito, 1/2 tbsp Chef Bruja everything seasoning, 1 tsp pepper, and 1 tsp
• 1 tbsp green seasoning/sofrito.

Ms. Dash original to season your shrimp.
• 1 tsp pepper.
• For your pineapple, you want to cut your pineapple in half vertically ( slicing right down the middle from the top of

the pineapple to the bottom ). Start by laying your pineapple flat on its side and cutting directly down the middle. It is • 1/2 tbsp Chef Bruja Everything seasoning.

easy to start by slicing the bottom through first, then working your way up. Do so if you find it easier to start in the • 1 tsp Ms.Dash original.

middle or even the top. Refer to the photo.

• Take your small knife and create a circle/rectangle shape around the inside of your pineapple half. Now take a knife

and slice directly under. It doesn’t have to be perfect. As long as you can take some of the pineapples out, you can cut

the rest of it out till you see/feel it at the bottom of the pineapple. You can take a spoon, scoop out the pineapple
Yum Yum Sauce

chunks, and set them aside. Do this to both halves of the pineapple and set aside for later.

• Prep your vegetables for later. Start by slicing 1/4 of your white onion vertically, then dicing horizontally into small
Ing edients
squares.

• Smash and mince your four garlic cloves finely.

• You want to add carrots, shred 1/4 cup of the carrot.
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise.
• Chop up 1/2 cup ( 2 green onion sprigs ) of your green onions into thin slices.
• 1 tbsp ketchup.
• Begin to wash your 2 cups of rice, put cold water over your rice, and stir and drain; repeat this step 4 - 6 times till the

water is clear. Pick out any burnt brown pieces of rice or anything you may see in the rice. • 1 tbsp mirin.

• Grab your pot for rice. The best pot to use is a slightly wide-set pot, so the rice has room for you to turn if you are a • 2 tsp rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar.

beginner in rice making. Put 3 cups of water, and put your heat on medium. Add 1 tbsp of butter and 1 tbsp of salt to
• 1/4 tsp smoked paprika.

your water.
• 3/4 tsp garlic powder.
• After 10 minutes, this should come to a boil; it is ready when it is bubbling vigorously; add your 2 cups of rice and

• 3/4 tsp onion powder.
bring your heat down too low. Mix, then put a spoon in the middle. If it stands, it is good. If it doesn’t, pour a tbsp of

water out, mix and do it again. Now put a lid on it. • 1 tbsp granulated sugar.

• While this sits, please do not touch it at all! After 25 minutes, turn your rice over, there should still be a little water • 1 tsp Franks red hot sauce. ( optional )

in it, but most of it evaporated. After that, put the lid back on for another 15 minutes.

• If some are cooked, and some are not, add a little bit of water, 1/4 cup or less of water, and sit for another 5 minutes.

If it is soft, turn the heat off and let the rice sit, and it will separate. If it is mushy, take the lid off and let it sit with

the heat on low after 5 minutes. Set aside with the top off and let it cool off.

• After you finish your rice, you want to grab your medium-sized pan and add 1 tbsp of oil on medium heat. Once your

pan heats up, add your shrimp. Cook on each side for 1 - 2 minutes till the shrimp is pink. Set aside to cool. You al-

ways want to cook your shrimp last so it can be nice and hot.

• Prep your pineapple float. Scoop as much rice that can fit or as much as you prefer, and put it inside your pineapple,

then top it off with your shrimp, as shown in the photo. Top it off with your Yum Yum sauce if you like and enjoy it!

Fried Rice

• Refer to page 129 for instructions and ingredients.

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