Shrimp with Cashew Nuts

Name: Shrimp with Cashew Nuts (Hsia jen yao kuo)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: ½ cup cashew nuts (raw); ⅔ pound small raw shrimp (shelled and ½ deveined); ½ cup cashew nuts (raw); 10 green onions (1” long); 10 slices ginger; 3 cups oil; 1 egg white; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon wine; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Hsia jen yao kuo

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

⅔ pound small raw shrimp (shelled and ½ deveined)
½ cup cashew nuts (raw

Asia
Taiwan
Fukien
Kwangtung
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Clean shrimp and pat dry, then mix with egg white, cornstarch, salt and soak for an hour at least.
Fry the cashew nuts in warm oil until brown (about 3 minutes over low heat). Remove, drain and set aside to cool.
Heat the same oil again, (about 320°C) pour in shrimp and fry for half minute, remove shrimp and drain oil from pan.
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