Nov 9, 2009
Butter Fried Shrimp with Spiced Salt (奶油鹽酥蝦)
Posted by Bel.C
I don’t eat a lot of shrimps not because I don’t like them; in fact, I love them but I’m just lazy to peel the shells. So I always have my boyfriend to peel the shells for me. However I couldn’t resist the “Butter Fried Shrimp with Spiced Salt”. The shrimp is pan fried with spiced salt and coated with crispy garlic and scallions in fragrant buttery sauce. I will certainly suck up all the sauce on the shell before discarding it or even eat the whole shrimp with shell on. Sound gross but that is how you eat some finger lickin’ good food.
It is actually an easy dish to prepare but cleaning the shrimps may take up some time. Remember to purchase the fresh shrimps with shells and heads on because that is the best part when eating. First cut the shrimp tentacles. To clean the shrimp. cut a shallow slit on the back of the shrimp from neck to tail. Take out the black line and the vein that run down the back with a toothpick. Rinse the cleaned and deveined shrimp under slow running water and pat dry when ready to use.
Ingredients:
1 lb Medium Shrimps (peeled and deviened)
1 tbsp garlic (minced)
2 sliced ginger (minced)
2 stalks scallions (finely chopped)
1 chilli (finely chopped)
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp salt
1 tsp white pepper
1/4 tsp sugarCooking Method:
- Heat oil over a pot and deep fried the shrimp until golden crisp. Drain shrimp over paper towel.
- Heat butter over medium and stir fry all chopped garlic, ginger and chilly until golden and fragrant.
- Toss in the fried shrimp into the pan and stir fry with all ingredients.
- Add in scallions and all seasonings of salt, pepper and sugar. Mix well and ready to serve.
