Shrimps caramel - Tôm ram

Here delicious sweet and sour shrimp, original and easy to perform, a familiar dish in Vietnamese food. It goes perfectly with rice!

Ingredients for 4 people:

• sugar 1 tbsp
• 2 tablespoons sauce nuoc mam of
• 1 pinch of pepper
• 3 shallots
• 2 cloves of garlic - Garlic Sheet
• 450 g shrimp (raw or not)
• Oil

Here we go, the realization:

1. Peel and chop the garlic and shallot separately.
2. Thaw the shrimp. The shell then wash them under cold water. Drain.
3. On a cutting board, cut slightly the back of the shrimp to remove the black (do not cut the shrimp in half).
4. In a saucepan, sauté the garlic with a little oil.
5. Lower the heat and add the sauce nuoc mam, sugar, pepper, and shallots. Simmer over low heat for 1 minute.
6. Add the shrimp to the pan.
7. Stir occasionally.
8. Cover and simmer until the sauce thickens and covers the shrimp (about 5 minutes).

Note: Skip the 3 first steps if you like the original shrimp, not raw.

This dish is served with a hot bowl of plain rice. This dish is very common in Vietnam.