Cycle 13 – Item 225

18 (Thu) August 2022

Shrimp & Scallops with Broccoli in Lobster Sauce

3.5

by me

at home

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

with the Family

Inspired by a recent experience with the dish in a restaurant (see 13.212 Shrimp in Lobster Sauce), I followed the recipe from The Woks of Life (see Shrimp with Lobster Sauce).

Turned out very nice.  From the recipe, I omitted ground pork (seemed weird), peas (didn’t have), and scallions (didn’t have), but included broccoli and scallops.  The sauce, just garlic + chicken stock + shaoxing wine + sesame oil + white pepper + sugar + corn starch + egg, was a revelation in its delicate simplicity, so soft and creamy.  Similar to but better than an improvised dish that I made last month, which had included soy sauce and oyster sauce (see 13.187 Mommy and Baby Swimming with Trees).

My collection of restaurant posts featuring seafood in eggy gravy, my favorite kind of Chinese dish:

• • 5.024 Egg Fuyong with Scallops (3.0)
  • 5.244 Scrambled Egg Whites with Fish & Dried Scallops (4.0)
  • 5.309 Steamed Fish Fillet Stuffed with Mashed Shrimp (3.5)
  • 5.318 Pan-Fried Egg White with Dried Scallop (3.5)
  • 6.046 Pan-Fried Egg Bean Curd, Scallop, Shrimp (4.0)
  • 6.263 Fresh Scallops with Egg Whites (3.5)
  • 6.356 Steamed Egg White, Seafood, Crab Roe Sauce (4.0)
  • 7.284 Seafood with Fresh Asparagus and Eggwhites (2.5)
  • 8.005 Scrambled Eggs with Black Fungus and Scallion (3.5)
  • 8.289 Egg Casserole with Seafood (3.5)
  • 8.361 Lapu Lapu Shang Pei (2.0)
  • 9.076 Steamed Egg Custard with Clams (3.0)
  • 9.124 Scrambled Eggs with Scallops, Black Fungus, & Scallion (3.25)
  • 9.128 Seafood with Fresh Asparagus and Eggwhite (3.0)
  • 10.072 Sauteed Prawns with Egg Whites (3.0)
  • 13.007 Sauteed Egg with Crab Meat (4.0)
  • 13.212 Shrimp in Lobster Sauce (3.0)

As such dishes are exceedingly rare in Korea, I’ll be glad to master my own.

Next time, with peas and scallions, and egg whites only, I aim for 4.0.

(See also FOOD GLOSSARY)