Ingredients
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12 fresh medium Shrimp
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1 teaspoon Sugar
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½ teaspoon Salt
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½ teaspoon ground White Pepper
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½ cup (80 g) ground Chicken
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½ teaspoon Cornstarch
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2 tablespoons Oil
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8 fresh or canned Sugar Cane
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Sweet Sauce
Directions
This is a very important Vietnamese dish, from the imperial capital of Hue. Fresh sticks of sugar cane are used as skewers. The heated cane releases a burst of sweet cane juice when bitten into.
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Grind the shrimp, sugar, salt and pepper to a paste in a food processor, then combine with the ground chicken and corn-starch in a bowl, and mix until well blended. |
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Lightly grease your hands with a little oil, spoon 1 tablespoon of the shrimp mixture into one hand and wrap it tightly around the middle of a sugar cane stick. Repeat with the remaining shrimp mixture and sugar cane sticks. |
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Grill on a pan grill or under a preheated broiler for 5 to 10 minutes, turning frequently until crispy and slightly browned on all sides. Serve hot with a bowl of Sweet and Sour Sauce on the side. |
