Soft Fried Shrimp
Shrimp, marinated in alkaline water, starch-coated, and quickly cooked through, is stir-fried with a pre-mixed bowl sauce and plated with pea shoots as a border. A Beijing-style dish.
Ingredients
shrimp
350 g
pea shoots
50 g
alkaline powder
to taste
MSG
to taste
black pepper
to taste
egg white
to taste
dry starch
to taste
scallion
to taste
ginger
to taste
oil
to taste
water starch (for making sauce)
to taste
broth (for making sauce)
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Marinate the shrimp with a pinch of alkaline powder, then rinse off the alkali with water, pat dry with a clean kitchen towel, coat with salt, black pepper, egg white, and dry starch, par-fry until cooked, then drain off the oil.
2
Step 2
Leave a little base oil in the wok, add minced scallion and ginger, stir-fry the shrimp briefly, pour in the pre-made sauce (mixed with water starch, salt, black pepper, and broth), stir-fry to combine and transfer to a plate, stir-fry the pea shoots and arrange around the shrimp to serve.
