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marinade salt rice wine egg cornstarch sauce salt rice wine sesame oil dish shrimp fresh snow pea scallions fresh ginger ketchup peanut oil
Viewed: 48 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- For marinade
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
- 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- For seasoning sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon rice wine or 1 tablespoon sherry wine
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- For the rest of dish
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 lb fresh snow pea
- 3 scallions, cut into 1/4 ",lengths
- 1/2 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- peanut oil
Method
- Peel and devein shrimps if necessary; rinse and drain.
- Combine ingredients for marinade; add shrimp, allowing to sit at least 15-20 minutes.
- Prepare seasoning sauce in a small bowl and set aside.
- Trim ends off snow peas; parboil and set aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in wok; stir-fry the snow peas for a few moments, until crisp-tender.
- Season with salt, and place in the center of serving platter.
- Heat 8 tbsp oil in wok; add shrimp and stir-fry until shrimp change color and curl; remove shrimp with a strainer; drain shrimp and set aside.
- Drain all oil from wok except 1 tbsp ;stir-fry chopped scallions and minced ginger for a few seconds until fragrance is released; then stir in shrimp.
- Pour in seasoning sauce, stirring thoroughly.
- Remove half of shrimp and place them to one side of the platter.
- Add the 3 tbsp ketchup to the shrimp remaining in wok and stir briskly.
- Remove those shrimp, placing them on the other side of the platter.
- (optional: add 1 1/2 tsp. chile paste to the ketchup to go on one side for a spicy contrast) Serve hot with steamed rice.
