Stir-Fried Shrimp

Name: Stir-Fried Shrimp
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 300 g Shrimp; 25 g Cooked diced carrots; 50 g Green peas; 500 g Peanut oil (actual usage: to taste); 3 g Fine salt; 1 g MSG; 50 g Dry starch; 25 g Bean sprout broth; 10 g Wet starch slurry; 15 g Sesame oil; Cooking wine (for marinating), to taste

Shrimp are briefly oil-blanched, then stir-fried with diced carrots and green peas and finished with a light cornstarch slurry.

20 min

Easy

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Ingredients

Shrimp 300 g

Cooked diced carrots 25 g

Green peas 50 g

Peanut oil (actual usage: to taste) 500 g

Fine salt 3 g

MSG 1 g

Dry starch 50 g

Bean sprout broth 25 g

Wet starch slurry 10 g

Sesame oil 15 g

Cooking wine (for marinating) to taste

Instructions

Step 1

Wash the shrimp, devein them, and mix well with cooking wine, salt, and starch.

Step 2

Heat a wok over high heat, add peanut oil, and heat to roughly 150°C (medium heat). Add the shrimp and briefly fry, then remove with a slotted spoon and drain the oil. Return the wok to the heat, add 25 g of peanut oil, stir-fry the diced carrots and green peas briefly. Add fine salt, MSG, and bean sprout broth, bring to a boil, thicken with the wet starch slurry, add the shrimp back in, drizzle with sesame oil, toss to combine, then plate and serve.