4 crispy shrimp cakes Recipes

fresh prawns or 500 g shrimp, peeled and deveined, ground pork (optional), salt, fish sauce, sugar, white pepper, breadcrumbs, oil, for deep-frying, fresh pineapple, thinly sliced, to garnish (optional), chinese plum sauce, to serve (optional), sweet thai sweet chili sauce, water, fish sauce, sugar, cucumber, halved and thinly sliced, minced garlic, minced red chili, rice vinegar, chopped roasted unsalted peanuts, salt, springs coriander leaves, to garnish (cilantro)

panko breadcrumbs, peeled shrimp, coarsely cut, mayonnaise, eggs, chopped scallion, garlic paste, dijon mustard, cayenne pepper, canola oil, jarred tartar sauce, chopped fresh parsley, lemon zest

fresh or dried thin asian egg noodles * or capellini, vegetable oil, asian (toasted) sesame oil, two 1/8-inch-thick slices of fresh gingerroot , flattened with the flat side of a heavy knife, scotch, cornstarch, shrimp (about 25), peeled, deveined, rinsed , and squeezed dry gently in a kitchen towel, dried chinese black mushrooms * or dried shiitake mushrooms*, soaked in 1 1/2 cups hot water for 20 minutes, cornstarch, chicken broth, soy sauce, scotch, sugar, asian (toasted) sesame oil, vegetable oil, minced scallion, minced peeled fresh gingerroot, snow peas, each trimmed and cut diagonally into 3 pieces