Braised Dried Shrimp with Scallion
Home-style Huaiyang dish: dried shrimp are soaked in yellow rice wine, seasoned, and simmered until the sauce reduces, then drizzled over scallion segments fried until crispy and tender.
Ingredients
dried shrimp
to taste
Shaoxing wine (for soaking dried shrimp)
to taste
soy sauce
to taste
white sugar
to taste
Chinese scallion (cut into 2-3 inch segments, best used in early winter)
to taste
vegetable oil (for frying scallion)
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare dried shrimp sauce
First soak the dried shrimp in Shaoxing wine until rehydrated, then add soy sauce and white sugar.
2
Fry scallion segments
Cut the Chinese scallion into 2-3 inch segments, fry the segments thoroughly in vegetable oil, then arrange them on a plate.
3
Reduce sauce and pour over
Pour the seasoned liquid with soaked dried shrimp into a pot, simmer until the sauce reduces, then drizzle over the scallion segments arranged on the plate.
