Shrimp Balls

Name: Shrimp Balls
Cuisine: Chiu chow
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons egg white, beaten; 1½ teaspoons minced Tianjin preserved vegetable (see note); ½ pound shrimp, shelled, deveined, washed, and dried; ¾ teaspoon sugar; 1½ teaspoons oyster sauce; ½ teaspoon light soy sauce; 1 teaspoon peanut oil; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1½ teaspoons white wine; 8 cups cold water; Pinch of white pepper; 2 tablespoons minced scallions

Chiu Chow Har Yuen

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Eileen Yin-fei Lo's New Cantonese Cooking

By Eileen Yin-Fei Lo

Published 1988

About

Ingredients

½ pound shrimp, shelled, deveined, washed, and dried
2 tablespoons minced scallions
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Asia
China
Guangdong Province
Cantonese
Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Place the shrimp on a chopping board. Cut each shrimp into 4 pieces, then with a cleaver chop the shrimp into a paste.
Place the chopped shrimp in a bowl and add all the other ingredients except cold water, than mix either with an electric mixer or by hand. If an ele