Fried Prawn Slices with Sour Sauce

Name: Fried Prawn Slices with Sour Sauce (Ts’u liu ming hsia p’ien)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 3 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons brown vinegar; 6 tablespoons soup stock; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; ¼ teaspoon sesame oil; 8 prawns or large shrimp (about 1-¼ pounds); 8 prawns or large shrimp (about 1-¼ pounds); 2 tablespoons garlic slices; ½ cup cornstarch (for coating); 2 tablespoons green peas; 2 tablespoons fungus; 6 cups oil; 2 tablespoons sliced carrot (cooked); ½ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons egg white

Ts’u liu ming hsia p’ien

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

8 prawns or large shrimp (about 1-¼ pounds)
½ cup cornstarch (for coating)

Asia
Taiwan
Fish course
Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

Remove the head, the shell (keep the tail’s shell), and de-vein the prawns. Clean and pat dry. Split each prawn lengthwise into 1 big piece from back down (don’t cut all the way through). Then slice crosswise into two pieces (one piece will have a tail and the other will not). Place in a bowl. Mix with the egg white, salt, and cornstarch. Marinate for about half an hour.