Shrimp-Wrapped Potato Cakes

Name: Shrimp-Wrapped Potato Cakes
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 pieces Shrimp; 2 Potatoes, medium; 10 grams Pizza cheese; 1 tbsp ◎ Mayonnaise; 1 ◎ Salt and pepper, to taste; 1 Vegetable oil, as needed; 1 tbsp Sake; 1 tbsp Katakuriko

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I wanted to come up with a simple recipe that would work for any meal during the day, that could be also a perfect bento item that was easy to eat and looked charming.

In Step 2, be sure to make deep cuts in the shrimp and open them up. Also in Step 6, the melted cheese serves as a "glue" to bind the shrimp and the potato together.
Adjust the length of microwave cooking time to suit your oven. Recipe by caramel-cookie.

I wanted to come up with a simple recipe that would work for any meal during the day, that could be also a perfect bento item that was easy to eat and looked charming.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I wanted to come up with a simple recipe that would work for any meal during the day, that could be also a perfect bento item that was easy to eat and looked charming.

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Ingredients

10 servings

10pieces Shrimp
2Potatoes, medium
10 gramsPizza cheese
1 tbsp◎ Mayonnaise
1◎ Salt and pepper, to taste
1Vegetable oil, as needed
For prepping the shrimp
1 tbspSake
1 tbspKatakuriko

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Steps

1

Peel the potatoes, microwave for 5 to 6 minutes at 500 to 600 W, then mash well. Mix with the ingredients marked with ◎.
2

Peel and de-vein the shrimp, leaving the tails. Massage in the prep ingredients, then rinse the shrimp with water. Make a cut down the inner side of the shrimp to butterfly them.
3

Divide the mashed potatoes into about 10 equal portions, and gently roll into balls, Wrap each ball with a shrimp. Make 10 of these.
4

Heat some vegetable oil in a frying pan, and arrange the shrimp wrapped potatoes in the pan. Pan fry over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes.
5

When the shrimp changes color, flip them and cook for another 1 minute or so.
6

Place small amounts of pizza cheese on top. Cover the pan with a lid and turn off the heat. Let the cheese melt in the residual heat.
7

Arrange on a serving plate. Garnish with dried parsley (not included in ingredient list) or other toppings of your choice.