Sauteed Sliced Prawns

Name: Sauteed Sliced Prawns (Ch’ing ch’ao ming hsia p’ien)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 egg white; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 1 teaspoon cornstarch; ½ tablespoon wine; 4 tablespoons soup stock or water; 4 tablespoons soup stock or water; 3 cups oil; 1 oz. ham; 2 small cucumbers; 8 large button mushrooms; 8 raw prawns or large shrimp (about 1-½ pounds); 8 raw prawns or large shrimp (about 1-½ pounds)

Ch’ing ch’ao ming hsia p’ien

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

8 raw prawns or large shrimp (about 1-½ pounds)
8 large button mushrooms

Asia
Taiwan
Shansi
Hopeh
Honan
Shantung
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Clean, devein and shell the prawns or shrimp. Slice each prawn into 4 slices lengthwise, set in a bowl and mix with egg white, salt, wine, cornstarch and marinate at least one half hour.
Peel and slice the cucumber into 2” long pieces, boil in boiling water about ½ minute, then plunge into cold water immediately. Slice or score each mushroom. Slice ham same siz