Deep Fried Shrimp Balls

Name: Deep Fried Shrimp Balls (Cha hsia ch’iu)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 oz. pork fat (ground); 3 oz. pork fat (ground); 1 tablespoon wine; 2 green onions; 1 pound raw shrimp (shelled and deveined); 1 teaspoon salt; 8 cups oil; 1 egg white; 2 teaspoons flavored pepper salt; 5 slices ginger; 3 tablespoons water; 3 tablespoons cornstarch (or flour); 3 tablespoons cornstarch (or flour)

Cha hsia ch’iu

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 pound raw shrimp (shelled and deveined)
1 teaspoon salt
3

Asia
Taiwan
Kiangsu
Main course
Dinner

Method

Clean and chop the shrimp and pork fat very fine, Put in a bowl. Add salt and wine, mix well.
Crush the green onion and ginger with blade of knife. Put in a bowl, soak with 3 tablespoons water about 10 minutes.
Add juice from #2 to shrimp and pork mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, mix well after each addition.
In another bowl beat egg white u