An Autumn Feast with Chestnuts using Fish Paste
An Autumn Feast with Chestnuts using Fish Paste

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, an autumn feast with chestnuts using fish paste. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have an autumn feast with chestnuts using fish paste using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make An Autumn Feast with Chestnuts using Fish Paste:
  1. Prepare 12 Chestnuts
  2. Make ready 2 bundles Somen noodles
  3. Make ready 240 grams Fish paste (or shrimp paste)
  4. Take 180 grams Shrimp paste (or fish paste)
  5. Make ready 3 Eggs
  6. Take 4 tsp Salt
  7. Prepare 3 tbsp Mirin
  8. Take 1 Frying oil
Instructions to make An Autumn Feast with Chestnuts using Fish Paste:
  1. Soak chestnuts in water overnight to easily peel the outer shell. Peel the inner skin, moisten in water, wrap in plastic wrap and microwave for 3 minutes.
  2. Combine egg, salt, mirin to the fish/shrimp paste and blend in a food processor until evenly combined.
  3. Break the somen noodles into 2 cm.
  4. Divide Step 2 into 6 portions. Spread one portion on your hand, lay 2 chestnut halves, and envelop in the paste. Moisten your hands for this process.
  5. Squeeze the fish/shrimp paste ball with the chestnut inside, and check if there aren't trapped air bubbles.
  6. Stick somen noodles into the outside. Cover with a generous amount.
  7. In a pot with a generous amount of oil preheated to 320F/160℃, fry until lightly golden and remove.
  8. If you roll the balls around the pot, the somen noodle needles will flatten, so pour oil on top to heat through.
  9. From the top, break apart the "outer shell" with chopsticks, making 3-4 incisions.
  10. Remove the chestnut inside.
  11. Fry the "outer shell" and the chestnut. Heat the "outer shell" all the way through. Do not flip it over, but pour oil over it. Fry the chestnut for a minute.
  12. Stuff the chestnut halves back into the "outer shell" and it's done!!

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