Cooked Shrimp Pieces

Cooked Shrimp Pieces

　　The shrimp in Cooked Shrimp Pieces are rich in nutrition and have tender, easily digestible meat, making them a great food for those who are physically weak or recovering from illness. The shrimp are also rich in magnesium, which effectively protects the cardiovascular system. It can reduce cholesterol content in the blood, prevent arteriosclerosis, and dilate coronary arteries, contributing to the prevention of hypertension and myocardial infarction. Shrimp meat also has benefits such as nourishing kidney yang, promoting lactation and detoxification, enriching blood and consolidating essence, resolving stasis and toxins, benefiting qi and nourishing yang, improving circulation and relieving pain, and stimulating appetite while eliminating phlegm.

　　Ingredients for Cooked Shrimp Pieces: 500g prawns, 5g scallion, 5g ginger, 5g garlic, 25g cooking wine, 10g vinegar, 15g soy sauce, 3g salt, 3g white sugar, 80g vegetable oil, 30g starch (pea), 5g sesame oil, 2g MSG.

　　Method for Cooked Shrimp Pieces:

　　1. Starting from the eye, trim the prawns by cutting off the gun, whiskers, small claws, and tail tip. Make a slit along the back, remove the sand sac from the head, and devein. Cut into four pieces. Place in a bowl, add 2g of fine salt and starch, and mix well.

　　2. Mix together the cooking wine, vinegar, soy sauce, fine salt, MSG, broth, white sugar, shredded scallion and ginger, and sliced garlic to make a seasoning sauce.

　　3. Heat a wok over high heat, add oil, and heat until 70% hot. Add the shrimp pieces and deep-fry over low heat until cooked. Remove and drain. Then heat the oil again over high heat until 80% hot. Add the shrimp pieces again and quickly deep-fry a second time to make the exterior crispy. Remove and drain the oil.

　　4. Leave some base oil in the original wok, heat over fire, return the shrimp to the wok, quickly pour in the prepared seasoning sauce, quickly toss to mix evenly, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve on a flat plate.

　　Texture of Cooked Shrimp Pieces: Apricot-red in color, savory and salty in taste, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.