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Dinner · 30 min · Amounts not specified

Ginataang squash

Squash in coconut, ginger, a few shrimp for salt. The squash should slump into the sauce. Don't make a Thai curry and skip the ginger-first bloom.

The sheet · 4 bowls · 30 min

easy

Why tonight. Squash in coconut, ginger, a few shrimp for salt. The squash should slump into the sauce. Don't make a Thai curry and skip the ginger-first bloom.

What it needs

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  • squash
  • coconut milk
  • ginger
  • shrimp
  • fish sauce

Good if you have them, fine if you do not: chili flakes.

Method

  1. Squash in first — it takes twenty minutes and the shrimp take two.
  2. Coconut milk at a bare simmer, and let the squash break down slightly to thicken it.
  3. Shrimp added at the very end, off the boil.
  4. Fish sauce and chili off the heat. Squash is sweet and it needs both the salt and the heat against it.

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Published minimums for what is in this

Published minimum internal temperaturesFish and shellfish: 63°C, 145°F.Fish and shellfish63°C / 145°F40°C50°C60°C70°C80°C

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Why each of these is on the list

What the ingredients are actually doing

squash
Sweet, starchy and full of water, which is why roasting beats boiling every time.
coconut milk
Fat that carries chili and spice further than water can, with a sweetness underneath.
ginger
Bright and hot when raw, mellow and warm when cooked.
shrimp
Cooks in about two minutes and is ruined in three.
fish sauce
Salt and deep savoriness, and it smells far stronger than it tastes once it is in something.

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