Mixed Vegetables with Shrimps and Quail Eggs
I don’t know whether this is a Chinese dish or a Filipino dish but one thing for sure I see this a lot in special occasions back home specially on buffet dinners like wedding, debut and graduation parties. It is a simple dish made out of mixed vegetables commonly peas, corn and carrots together with shrimps, cashews and quail eggs they look and smell Chinese but when I stayed in Hong Kong I never saw this dish served. Having said that my wild guess is that this is a Filipino version of popular buttered vegetables hyped up to make it a full meal. A really simple dish that can be enjoyed with rice as a mains or paired with other mains like meats and seafood.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup green peas
1 1/2 cup corn kernels
1 cup chopped carrots
1/2 cup cashews
1 dozen quail eggs, boiled and shelled
1 cup shrimp, peeled off
1 shallot, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp sesame oil
salt
white pepper
3 tbsp butter
Method
1. Mix together cornstarch and chicken stock, set it aside.
2. In a pan melt butter then sauté garlic and shallots in low heat. Cook until shallots are soft.
3. Add corn, carrots and peas, cook for 3 minutes.
4. Pour chicken stock mixture, cashew, shrimps and quail eggs, bring heat to medium then cook while occasionally stirring for 3 minutes.
5. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle sesame oil on top then serve.
All flavours I love but would never have thought of putting them all together.
Mandy
Have a happy day.
Great side dish with all the veg inside, fits perfect for our white rice.
Looks colorful, haven’t seen many chinese dishes with quail eggs
Anything with prawns (shrimp) gets my attention. We are headed over for a wedding in Shanghai, wonder if this will be on the menu…
This looks fantastic. I have not tried quail eggs before!
looks good! do you buy your quail eggs fresh or canned?
Fresh ones, they are available here
Yum my stomach is rumbling, the ingredient list had me going.. (shrimp, cashews, garlic, what’s not to like?) and then the photo finished me off… saving this for later when I am back in my kitchen with a vengeance!
I’ve never eaten quail eggs before, but I saw them recently on a cooking show. I’d certainly give them a try if I see them. I also love the cashews and shrimp – yum!
I never had quail eggs before but I know I love Mixed Vegetables and Shrimp paired together. Very nice recipe
I love the little quail eggs!
Looks simply delicious!
Do you have your own quails or are you buying them and from where?
I buy them in Asian shops, fresh ones are always beside the salted duck eggs.
What a charming dish! I agree with Mandy about the surprise combination of favorite flavors. Sounds lovely.
i love it
Yum! I love quail eggs in dish. It’s nice a comfort food like this is served on big occasions. I’d totally pigging out with a big bowl of rice and this…maybe even at the wedding.
a colorful dish that will entertain any child enough to make them eat vegetables..
Oh those quail eggs are so cute in the dish. I’ve never eaten a quail egg before – does it basically taste like a chicken egg only in a smaller form?
Yes they taste the same
I just love quail’s eggs. They are so damn cute !
How many servings does the recipe make?
it should make 6 small servings (1 cup) or 4 large ones