Dry-Fried Large Prawns
A classic Shanghai dish featuring fresh prawns pan-fried in vegetable oil.
Ingredients
large prawns (remove antennae and legs, cut each prawn body in half)
450 g
fine salt (for 10-minute marinating)
7 g
cooking wine
20 g
soy sauce
8 g
sugar
10 g
oil (for frying)
200 g
Instructions
1
Marinating
Remove the antennae and legs from the large prawns, cut each prawn body in half, then marinate with salt for 10 minutes.
2
Frying
Heat oil in a frying pan, add the prawn segments, fry repeatedly until cooked, then add cooking wine, sugar, and soy sauce, mix well, and remove from the pan to serve.