Boiled Shrimp Cantonese: Make the Sauce

Mix in a Bowl

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Eileen Yin-fei Lo's New Cantonese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1988

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Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons minced chili peppers (red preferred)
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce

Method

When the sauce is ready, divide it equally into 4 small sauce dishes. Remove the shrimp from the pot to a preheated serving dish and eat, peeling the shrimp with the fingers and dipping into the sauce.

Following is an alternate sauce I have created for the boiled shrimp. I call it See Cho Yau, or Vinegar Soy Oil. It is a sauce, not an oil, but reflects the use of hot oil as an ingredien