8 steamed shrimp recipes

Steamed shrimp cooked shell-on in a spiced broth with celery, peppers, scallion, and a kick of cayenne. Serve the peel-and-eat shrimp with the cooking liquid for dunking garlic bread. Messy, casual, and fun.

Braised flank steak shredded into a garlicky chili base, finished with plump shrimp and fresh cilantro. Scoop it up with warm corn tortillas and a cool hit of sour cream for a hearty steak-meets-seafood bowl.

Flank steak braised until fork-tender, then shredded into a spiced chili base with jumbo shrimp, garlic, and allspice. Served with warm corn tortillas, cilantro, and sour cream for a surf-and-turf twist on classic chili.

Homemade siopao steamed dumplings stuffed with a savory shrimp, ground pork, and water chestnut filling. Makes 30 pillowy buns from scratch, street-food style.

Chinese glutinous rice steamed with slivered ham, dried shrimp, mushrooms, and preserved turnip. A savory sticky rice dish cooked low and slow in an earthen pot.

Filipino ginisang ampalaya with bitter melon, pork, shrimp, and scrambled eggs in a savory patis sauce. A classic Pinoy ulam best served hot over steamed rice.

Fun gwau: Cantonese steamed dumplings stuffed with pork, shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts, all wrapped in translucent wheat-starch wrappers. A dim sum classic.

Crystal-clear dumpling wrappers reveal a savory filling of shrimp, pork, mushrooms, and water chestnuts. These bite-sized dim sum gems steam in just minutes and disappear even faster from the plate.