Steamed Shrimp on Cucumber Watercress Salad

Prep: 15min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 5min
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Steamed shrimp on cucumber watercress salad is a recipe with fresh ingredients from the shrimp category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 8 large shrimp (prepped)
  • 1 stalk lemongrass
  • Salt
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 packs daikon watercress (or garden cress)
  • 50 g ginger
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • lime
  • 4 tbsp rapeseed oil
  • 200 g whipping cream
  • Salt
  • pepper (ground)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash and pat shrimp dry. Clean lemongrass stalks, wash, split lengthwise and quarter diagonally. Thread one shrimp onto each lemongrass skewer. Salt and place in a greased bamboo steamer. Bring water to boil in a wok and steam the shrimp in the bamboo steamer covered for 5 minutes.

  2. 2.

    Peel cucumber and slice thinly lengthwise.

  3. 3.

    Trim the watercress and mix with cucumber slices.

  4. 4.

    For the salad sauce, blend ginger with pickling liquid, honey, lime juice, oil and sour cream; season with salt and pepper to taste.

  5. 5.

    To serve, arrange cucumber and watercress on a plate, place two shrimp skewers on top, and drizzle with the salad sauce.