The Suaje on the Rocks recipe sounds very exotic, but actually it is not. It is very simple and uses very few ingredients. Read on how you can easily cook it at home.
Shrimps are Gorgeous Seafood
Shrimp is one gorgeous seafood. Whenever, we see those striped curvy bits in a dish, we cannot help but fork over one or ten.
Additionally, shrimps are so versatile and so easy to cook, too.
A Restaurant Dish
In one of the Japanese restaurants in Manila, Suaje on the Rocks is a dish found on the menu. Suaje is just basically a kind of shrimp and the wet market vendor can easily identify it for you.
But this dish sounds exotic, right? It is actually just a bunch of suaje cooked lying on a bed of heated rocks. And even though it is served in a Japanese restaurant, I think it’s also a Filipino dish because of the abundance of shrimps and stones in our country. All you need is an earthen bowl with a cover that you can use to cook on a stove top burner.
An order is quite expensive in the restaurant but upon inspection, it is quite easy to make. And the bowl? You can get one for only P99 at Daiso Japan. Don’t worry, it is reusable so your P99 will go a long way.
This shrimp recipe would be something nice to prepare for your weekend family meal.
Suaje on the Rocks Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kilo suaje, hair removed
- Sprite
- Seasoning + black pepper
- Fresh basil leaves
Procedure:
- 1. Marinate the suaje in Sprite and seasonings for at least 30 minutes.
- 2. Heat the stones on the stove until very hot. Using a pair of tongs, transfer them onto the prepared earthen bowl.
- 3. Immediately arrange the shrimps on top of the stones, leaving the marinade behind.
- 4. Top with basil leaves and cover.
- 5. Leave the bowl covered for about 7 to 8 minutes before serving.
- 6. Place this on the table with a wooden pot stand because this is really hot and may scorch your tabletop or cover.
- 7. Serve the shrimps with your favorite dipping sauce, like dried or fresh chili in soy sauce and calamansi.
Consume immediately. We ate the shrimps with steamed white rice. It is cooked through and well seasoned. The heat of the stones was enough to cook the shrimps and the high heat preserved the moisture. The fresh basil leaves added to the delicious aroma as well as the moisture in the shrimps.
Cooking tip
Clean the stones afterwards and store them. That way, you won’t need to pick up new ones when you decide to cook this dish again in the future. Just put them in a bag and it will stay inconspicuously in one corner of the kitchen until you need it.
Other easy recipes you may want to cook at home:
- Chinese Birthday Misua Recipe
- Easy Boneless Lechon Belly Recipe
- Two Easy Balut Recipes
- Mildly Spicy Crab Maritess Recipe
- Osso Buco Recipe
- Baked 40-Clove Garlic Chicken Recipe
- Crab Fat Recipes
- Creamy Baked Scallops
- Shrimp Etouffee Recipe
I love this unique way of cooking the shrimp. I need to try this way of cooking. So simple!
I wish I liked shrimp! My kids and husband love them though, so they like to indulge once in a while.
I love shrimp and I always look for new recipes with them. I live by the sea so I am spoiled with the shrimp selection. I like how easy this recipe is, and also healthy, using only hot rocks as the cooking method.
Wow, I envy you! My husband and I are suckers for seafood. That’s why I always cook these things for him.
A very interesting technique for cooking prawns! I have never seen this before. But it seems pretty easy so I shall try it at home, too.
I do not like seafood, but my hubby does. Maybe if he is really sweet for me I’ll make this for him. Thanks so much for sharing this easy shrimp recipe, friend!
Great post! This is such an interesting recipe. I like the touch of basil. I bet that these shrimps are delicious.
I’ve never seen a cooking method like this and am intrigued! Anything with shrimp must be good though 🙂
What an interesting way to cook your dishes. I’d love to give it a try sometime with my family here. They’d be reminded of their island life.
I do really need to try this. Cooking shrimps with stones sure looks like an easy thing to do! I want to learn everything about this technique!
What an interesting dish. I’ve never had shrimp prepared this way and I’m so curious to give it a try. I like the idea that the stones help to preserve the moisture in the shrimp so they don’t dry out.
OMG Can I just say, I can’t help but drool over the picture! Who would not love to taste this shrimp dish! I’ll be making this out over the weekends. So easy to make! 🙂 Cheap, too.
This is an interesting and unique seafood recipe. I didn’t know what is suaje till I read this post. Interesting and unique way to prepare a dish with prawns, and it is interesting to use heated stones. A pretty healthy recipe, too. 🙂
So what exactly is a suaje? Is it a grey shrimp? I can’t wait to be in the Philippines in a few months to try all of it!!!
Actually, I am not exactly sure how to differentiate. But the people in the market do. hehe But for this recipe, any kind of shrimp or prawns will do. 🙂
Nakakagutom naman yan! Your recipe deserves a 5-stars rating for the simplicity and elegance of suaje on the rocks!