Don't Throw Them Out! Easy Furikake Using Shrimp Shells

Name: Don't Throw Them Out! Easy Furikake Using Shrimp Shells
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 30 shells Shrimp shells; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Toasted sesame, or ground sesame

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Throwing out shrimp shells makes the trash smell fishy, and I didn't want to deal with that, especially in the summer. I figured it would smell better if I cooked it, but using a pan was too much of a bother, so I used the microwave, and it smelled really good♡. I then decided to turn it into a simple dried fish rice furikake. It made less trash, and I was able to eat something tasty; killing two birds with one stone!

You can also cook the shrimp shells in a pan instead of microwaving them.
I think the cooking time depends on the microwave used, but please be careful to cook them through thoroughly. Recipe by JUNSEI mama

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Ingredients

30shells Shrimp shells
1 tspSalt
1 tspToasted sesame, or ground sesame

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Steps

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This time I used 30 black tiger shrimp shells, but any kind is ok .
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Microwave until the water has evaporated and the shells have turned pink. Using my household microwave, it took 3 minutes initially, and then an additional 3 minutes after flipping them over at 500W.
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Finely grate in a food processor, mix in the salt and sesame, and it is done.
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User "Izumi Una" made this with nori seaweed and sesame seeds.
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User "Kuishinbo" used sakura shrimp and put it into lotus root burgers.
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When you only used a small amount of shrimp, store the shells in a bag in the freezer. Use them up in this recipe once you have accumulated some shells!