Name: Shrimp Boats with Pickled Radish
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 15 radishes (sliced thin and julienned (you can also pickle carrots, cucumbers or anything your little heart desires)); 1/2 cup rice vinegar; 1 tbsp sugar (or sugar alternative ); 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp white pepper ((add more if you want it spicy or less if like it mild)); 1 tbsp olive oil; 2 cloves garlic (peeled and minced); 16 -20 shrimp (large peeled and deveined (can use frozen just run under cool water to thaw)); salt and pepper (to taste); 1 tbsp lime juice; 10 leaves endive (or enough to hold 2 shrimp (also can use Shiso (紫蘇) or perilla leaves instead)); 30 leaves mint leaves ((approximately 3 per endive leaf so about 30 leaves total)); Lemon Diakon Radish Refrigerator Pickles (garnish as desired with pickled ginger, pickled diakon or even shredded diakon)

Using Fresh Herbs from the Country of Origin

I wanted to give you many different options for assembling your garlic shrimp boats depending on the fresh produce available in your geographic area. I live in Hong Kong and most generally we have access to both Asian vegetables and herbs.

However, it is a little more difficult to get the items that are familiar from back at home in the States. I completely understand the challenges of living abroad and access to certain items that we are familiar with. I have taken this into consideration and have given you a few different ideas that make this dish easy to make no matter where you are in this fun and diverse world we live in.

Shrimp Boats with Pickled Radish_Healthy World Cuisine

Alternatives to shiso leaves in our Shrimp Boats with Pickled Radish Recipe

However, if you are living in the Western World and do not have access to Shiso then a great alternative is using crispy endive with mint leaves as a boat for your shrimp. I just love these and had about 3 boats just to do a little taste testing...

Have you ever made a quick pickle? Our Lemon Diakon Radish Refrigerator Pickles are fabulous on top of these shrimp boats. You can also make quick pickles with thin slices of red radishes with a dash of rice vinegar, honey (or sugar alternative) and a little dash of white pepper. You could really quick pickle any vegetable you like but some other great alternatives would be thin micro slices of carrot or cucumber. Just take a look in your crisper to see what you have and go for it.

I had some left over yellow pickled diakon and pickled ginger from a sushi night and these were a lovely topping to the shrimp boats. Freshly grated diakon (Asian white radish) is also a zesty topping that goes well on top of these shrimp boats. Have fun with your topping options.

Eating healthy does not mean that you have to sacrifice flavors and these garlic shrimp are a perfect example of how just a few healthy ingredients such as olive oil, garlic and little fresh lime can really bring these simple flavors to the next level. I used a bag of already peeled and prepared frozen shrimp to save on time and less than 5 minutes flat these shrimp were ready to into my garnished boats.

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Shrimp Boats with Pickled Radish

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Using Fresh Herbs from the Country of Origin

What are a shiso leaves?

Alternatives to shiso leaves in our Shrimp Boats with Pickled Radish Recipe

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