Thai Crispy Shrimp Cakes (Tod Mun Goong) Recipe

26 Feb

Thai Crispy Shrimp Cakes (Tod Mun Goong) Recipe is a Deep fried shrimp patties served with cucumber salad.

Serves 4 to 6
Preparation time: 30 mins Cooking time: 20 mins

Sweet Thai Chili Sauce

To make the Sweet Thai Chili Sauce, bring the water, fish sauce and sugar to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until the mixture turns into a thin syrup.
Remove from the heat and set aside. About 10 minutes before serving, combine all the other ingredients with the syrup and mix well. Transfer to a serving bowl.
Grind the peeled prawns or shrimp to a paste in a food processor.
Combine the prawns or shrimp, pork (if using), salt, fish sauce, sugar and pepper in a large bowl and mix until well blended.
Wet your hands, spoon 1 tablespoon of the mixture and shape it into a ball, then press it flat to form a round cake. Coat the cake on all sides with the bread-crumbs. Continue until all the mixture is used up.
Heat the oil in a wok or saucepan until hot. Gradually lower the coated cakes into the oil, a few at a time, and deep-fry for about 5 minutes, turning occasion-ally, until golden brown on all sides. Remove and drain on paper towels.
Line a serving platter with the pineapple slices (if using) and arrange the deep-fried cakes on top. Serve hot with a bowl of Sweet Thai Chili Sauce or Chinese plum sauce (if using) on the side.

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Sarah

July 9th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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Hi,

I hope someone can help me. I am looking for 2 recipes of basically the same dish. Both restaurants call it “crispy shrimp” but the sauce is different.

One restaurant would have more of a brown sauce, served with walnuts. The other restaurant puts an orange looking spicy sauce and serves with broccoli.

With both places, the shrimp has a very light coating that has been fried. Its not any kind of batter, maybe dipped in cornstarch?

I have googled and read all kinds of recipes, but nothing sounds like either dish, or the way it was prepared. I was wondering if maybe the one place uses Chinese chili sauce?

I just love this dish and want to make it at home, since the one place went out of business and the other place is not close to my house.

When ever I am in that area, I stop to get an order to take home. Would it be rude to ask how they make the sauce? I doubt they would tell me, but I don’t want to be rude by asking.

Does anyone here know the recipe I am talking about? I am almost positive there is no honey in either way it was prepared. So I don’t think the above recipe is the same.

Although I am going to give this one a try. I am sure all restaurants have their own versions of the same dish. But I would love to know how to make the brown sauce and the orange/red sauce.

Any help would be appreciated.

Sarah in N.J.

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