Recipe: Appetizing Nilasing Na Hipon (Shrimp Smothered in Beer)

Nilasing Na Hipon (Shrimp Smothered in Beer).

You can cook Nilasing Na Hipon (Shrimp Smothered in Beer) using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Nilasing Na Hipon (Shrimp Smothered in Beer)

1. It's 2 of garlic bulbs.
2. Prepare 4 of onion, chopped.
3. You need 1/3 of ginger chopped.
4. You need 1 of kilogram shrimps.
5. Prepare 2 tbsp of butter.
6. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of cajun seasoning (extra paprika for extra spice).
7. You need 3 1/2 cup of tomato paste.
8. Prepare 4 tbsp of honey (the darker the better).
9. Prepare 2 of salt.
10. You need 3 cup of beer.
11. You need 5 pinch of ground black pepper.
12. You need 1 1/2 cup of basil leaves. chopped ( you can buy dried versions of this ).
13. It's 2 1/2 tbsp of cornstarch.

Nilasing Na Hipon (Shrimp Smothered in Beer) instructions

1. Marinate the shrimps with the cajun seasoning. And set aside for 1-3 hours or more. (Make sure to get the legs and the head out before marinating the shrimps).
2. For the sauce, blend the garlic, onion and ginger into a paste..
3. Sauté the garlic, onion and ginger paste until golden brown (around 5 mins).
4. Add the tomato paste and cook for atleast 5-10 mins..
5. Add pepper and salt gradually to each step of cooking the sauce.
6. Add the beer and cook leave it for atleast 5 mins..
7. Add the honey and the basil leaves and mix gradually..
8. Mix the cornstarch with some water and mix it to the sauce. And leave it cooking on very low heat..
9. For the shrimps, fry the shrimps with butter for 3- 5 mins.
10. Put the shrimps in a serving plate and pour the sauce over the shrimps..
11. Serve.

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