Shrimp with Steamed Egg

Name: Shrimp with Steamed Egg (Hsia jen cheng tan)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 6 pieces cilantro; 10 shrimp (shelled); 1 teaspoon soy sauce (light); 1-½ cup soup stock (cold); 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon soy sauce (light); ¼ teaspoon MSG (optional); 1 teaspoon wine; 1 teaspoon salt

Hsia jen cheng tan

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

4 eggs
1-½ cup soup stock (cold)
1 teaspoon salt

Asia
Taiwan
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Lightly beat the eggs in a bowl. Add the soup stock, salt, wine, MSG, and soy sauce, Mix well. Pour the mixture through a sieve.
Clean the shrimp with a little salt and rinse with water. Then drain and pat dry.
Pour the beaten eggs in a bowl. Arrange the shrimp and cilantro over the eggs. Then place into a boiling steamer.
Steam over high he